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- Kevin Fox, the Wilmington man wrongfully arrested in the June 2004 sexual assault and murder of his 3-year-old daughter, Riley, died Monday in a car crash in Arkansas. Fox had been arrested four months after his daughter’s half-naked body was found drowned in a creek 4 miles from his family’s home.
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Mar 21, 2023 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man who was wrongly arrested and later cleared of the 2004 murder of his 3-year-old daughter in Will County was killed in a crash Monday afternoon in Arkansas. Arkansas State...
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- Todd Feurer
- Riley Fox Is Found Murdered
- Police Focus on Riley Fox’s Father in Her Murder
- Riley Fox’s Father Is Arrested For Her Murder
- DNA Evidence Proves Essential in Riley Fox Case
- Fox Family Files Civil Rights Lawsuit
- The Search For Riley’s Killer Continues
- Remembering Riley Fox
On June 6, 2004, the lives of the Fox family changed forever. That weekend, Melissa, then 25, and a group of friends participated in the AVON Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago, where she stayed for two nights -- the longest she’d ever been away from her children. Kevin stayed home with the kids. Melissa adored Riley and cherished her time with her ...
Nearly 6,000 people attended Riley’s funeral a few days after she’d been found. The attendees wore pink, Riley’s favorite color, and buttons with her picture on it while Martina McBride’s “She’s a Butterfly” played through the speakers. Riley was buried in the white flower girl dress she had worn to her uncle’s wedding just two weeks before her mur...
Months passed with little movement on the case. On Oct. 26, 2004, the Foxes received a call from the Will County Sheriff’s Office asking them to come to the office as there were new developments in the case. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is it. They found the person,” Melissa said. “We were just grinning from ear to ear like we’re finally going to...
When Chad Fox learned of his brother Kevin’s interrogation, he rushed to the building where he worked and waited outside the door of a neighboring attorney’s office. Chad had suggested months earlier that Melissa and Kevin speak with an attorney, but they felt they didn’t need one. Little did they know, Chad was not referring to just any attorney. ...
Upon Kevin’s arrest, Zellner filed a civil rights lawsuit against Will County, the Will County Sheriff’s Office, multiple sheriff’s detectives who investigated the case, the former Will County State’s Attorney, the polygraph examiner and the forensic interviewer who spoke with Tyler, and others. Zellner's claims for Kevin Fox included violations of...
After the civil trial, the Fox family turned its attention to finding Riley’s real killer. Melissa called for outside agencies to take up the investigation. Years passed and Melissa grew weary, but never gave up hope that her daughter’s killer would be brought to justice. In 2009, the FBI took over the case after Will County State’s Attorney James ...
In the years that passed after Riley’s murder, Melissa and Kevin had another child -- a daughter -- but their marriage couldn’t survive the trauma their family had endured. They moved, got divorced and are both now remarried with new families. “Melissa's a remarkably courageous, resilient person who had the character to stick with [Kevin] because s...
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Mar 22, 2023 · Kevin Fox, the Wilmington man wrongfully arrested in the June 2004 sexual assault and murder of his 3-year-old daughter, Riley, died Monday in a car crash in Arkansas. Fox had been arrested...
Mar 22, 2023 · Published March 21, 2023 • Updated on March 21, 2023 at 10:21 pm. Back in 2004, Kevin Fox was accused of killing his three-year-old daughter Riley in suburban Wilmington, and though he was ...
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Mar 21, 2023 · 16 hours ago. More Videos. The Wilmington, Illinois man wrongly charged with the murder of his 3-year-old daughter two decades ago has died in a crash in Arkansas.
May 8, 2021 · 34 Shares. By Caroline Warnock. Updated May 7, 2021 at 9:49pm. Twitter/Facebook Kevin Fox and Riley Fox. Three-year-old Riley Fox of Wilmington, Illinois, was kidnapped from her home early in...
Mar 21, 2023 · By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team. Tuesday, March 21, 2023. 3-year-old Riley Fox was found dead in a creek on June 6, 2004, a few miles from her home in Wilmington, Illinois. Kevin Fox was among...
