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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Preliminary autopsy results indicate the 10-year-old whose body was hidden in a garage in Rock Island died from a gunshot ... Staples — identified as the boy’s mother — of failing to ...

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 ...