Last month Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson ... but the case is still an active and open investigation." Boy's decomposing body found in home: 12-year-old's 'decomposing' body found ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A 10-year-old boy found dead in a garbage can in Rock Island on July 26 was shot, according to Rock Island County coroner Brian Gustafson. The coroner released Friday that ...

The Rock Island woman charged with concealing the body of her dead child was keeping the death a secret so she could cash his government benefits, police said. Ten-year-old Zion Staples was found ...

Just before 9:30 a.m. on July 26, police said, officers responded to the Rock Island house where they found the body of a boy, later identified as Zion Staples, in a garbage can in the home's garage.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Rock Island Police are investigating a suspicious death of a 10-year-old boy, according to a release from the department and information from the Rock Island County coroner.

The 38-year-old mother of a 10-year-old boy whose body was found in a garbage can pleaded guilty Jan. 4 to a felony charge. Sushi Staples, of Rock Island, appeared in Rock Island County Court ...

A Rock Island woman is accused of concealing ... A police complaint indicates that Staples, the boy's mother, "... knowingly moved the body of (Zion) from its place of death with the intent ...