On Sunday June 7, 2020, the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office began a search of the Rock Creek, in the area of Spring Valley Road, rural Whiteside County. Due to limitations, the search was restarted at 8:00 a.m., on Monday, June 8, 2020. Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office assisting the Illinois State Police resumed a search of Rock Creek, in rural Morrison. Kayaks were used to traverse Rock Creek, and at approximately 9:30 a.m., a body was located in a log jam. Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigators were contacted and processed the scene. At this time, the female body has been tentatively identified as 62-year-old Susan L. Redell, who was reported missing from Milledgeville, IL, on Monday, March 16. The cause of death is unknown at this time and remains under investigation by Illinois State Police, Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office, Whiteside County Coroner, and Milledgeville Police Department.
Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker stated, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Redell family.”