MACON COUNTY CORONER ISSUES REPORT ON KENNEY MAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS VEHICLE

JOSE DE JESUS GOMEZ MUNOZ AGE 45 OF KENNEY, IL. WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE 15000 BLOCK OF SEBRIGHT ROAD IN RURAL MACON COUNTY ILLINOIS. MR. MUNOZ WAS FOUND WITH GUNSHOT TRAUMA IN HIS VEHICLE AT THIS REMOTE RURAL LOCATION. A LOCAL INDIVIDUAL HAPPENED UPON THE PARKED VEHICLE WHICH WAS IN A GRAVEL LANE ENCIRCLING A WIND TURBINE TOWER. LATER, THAT PERSON CONTACTED A COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND REPORTED THIS SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. DEPUTY SHERIFFS FROM BOTH DEWITT AND MACON COUNTY RESPONDED. UPON THE DEPUTY’S ARRIVAL AND ASSESSMENT OF THE SCENE THEY LOCATED MR. MUNOZ IN THE FRONT SEAT OF HIS VEHICLE. ILLINOIS STATE POLICE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS WERE DETAILED TO PROCESS THIS DEATH SCENE. MACON COUNTY CORONER ARRIVED AND SET AN OFFICIAL TIME OF DEATH AS 1:47 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2023. THE BODY WAS PROCESSED AT THE SCENE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MCLEAN COUNTY CORONER’S MORGUE IN BLOOMINGTON, IL. FOR AUTOPSY. THAT AUTOPSY WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2023. THE AUTOPSY WILL ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND SUBSTANTIATE THE LEGAL ISSUES AND AFFIX THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AUTOPSY WILL BE RELEASED WHEN APPROPRIATE.

MICHAEL E. DAY
MACON COUNTY CORONER