Crime & Safety

Questions Remain After Local Tragedy

Reporter revisits the bizarre, tragic death of an Oak Park woman.

If you haven't checked out the Oak Leaves series on the death of Oak Parker Catherine Trage, who died mysteriously in February 2008 while on a trip to Mexico with her husband John, here's a few links to the must-read stories.

It's a tale of fraud allegations, a marriage on the rocks, questionable burglaries, addiction, death and bungled evidence, told in four parts by reporter Bill Dwyer, who for the past year combed through FBI reports and interviewed friends and relatives of Catherine Trage, who was found dead in a Playa Del Carmen hotel room.

Introduction: The Tragic Case of Catherine Trage — Will this FBI Cold Case Find Closure?
Part 1: Secrets Tear Apart a Once Happy Marriage
Part 2: A Trip to Mexico To Renew Vows
Part 3: How Exactly Did Catherine Trage Die?
Part 4: John Trage - No Comment

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