April Capsel- Illinois- 2023

(Above photo credit: shawlocal.com)

From shawlocal.com:

A missing woman last seen in Streator is a suspect in an ongoing homicide investigation, Streator Police Chief John Franklin said.

April Capsel, 33, was last seen July 1, after a friend dropped her off about midnight on Lundy Street in Streator.

Franklin said the Streator Police Department has assembled a task force involving the U.S. Marshals Service to try and find her.

“A possible murder weapon was found in a vehicle in Chicago,” he said. “It has been sent off to the Illinois State Police Crime Lab to determine if it is, in fact, the murder weapon.”

Capsel is a white woman who is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 168 pounds. She has dark blond to light brown hair and blue eyes. She has a scar on her right arm from surgery, and she has a tattoo of a dragon or a snake on her right hip.

Anyone with information about her location is asked to contact Detective Jordan Downing at 309-434-2587 or jdowning@cityblm.org, or call the Bloomington Police Department at 309-820-8888.

www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2023/09/18/chicago-woman-wanted-as-a-suspect-in-streator-homicide-investigation/



Thoughts? As far as tracking this case, it is unique as Capsel is both a missing person and a fugitive but I found two ways:

Capsel is apparently a parole absconder and is still listed as such in Illinois State Police records as of September 20th, 2023:

www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/search/ISinms2.asp?idoc=R90730

Capsel is still listed in NamUs as missing as of 9/20/2023:

namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP106679


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