A teen suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting death last fall of a 47-year-old Aurora woman, police said.
The 14-year-old boy has been held in the DuPage County Juvenile Detention Center for “the last couple of months” on unrelated charges, Aurora Police Department spokesman Dan Ferrelli said. The teen surfaced as a suspect in the slaying of Marilyn Bethell after she disappeared Oct. 30.
Bethell’s body was found Dec. 26 near the Illinois Prairie Path at Savannah Drive and Kirk Road in unincorporated Batavia Township in Kane County.
Ferrelli would not say how police determined the teen was involved in her slaying. He said no charges have been filed as of Tuesday night, and that he does not expect charges to be filed for several days.
