Burned body found in Illinois in car of missing Wisconsin woman
02/05/2019 6:43 pm PST
By Marcella Raymond, WGN
WARREN TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WGN) -- A Wisconsin teacher has been missing for three days, and her family is desperate for answers.
Kathleen Ryan, a teacher at St. Augustine Preparatory Academy, went missing Saturday.
She was supposed to meet one of her sons at a basketball game, but she never arrived. The son, one of her three adult children, coaches the boys' basketball team at Carmel Catholic High School.
The car Kathleen Ryan typically drives was found on fire in the driveway of a home near Route 41 and Stearns Schools Road in Lake County. Inside the car was a body burned beyond recognition.
The Lake County coroner will use DNA and dental records to identify the person in the car. It could take weeks or months.
“Investigators are working to determine if the body recovered in the car is that missing person,” Lake County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Chris Covelli said.
Kathleen Ryan lives in the Milwaukee area.
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