Authorities probe threats against judge who released man charged with concealing death of Antioch woman

Authorities are investigating threats made against a Lake County associate judge who released a Waukegan man charged with concealing the death of Megan Bos of Antioch.

Misinformation involving the case also has prompted the Lake County Coroner’s Office to caution the media and public to rely on official sources when discussing forensic findings.

In April, Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, was charged with two counts of concealing a death, abuse of a corpse and obstructing justice after police found the 37-year-old Bos’ body in a plastic garbage container in his yard.

On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Chicago detained Mendoza-Gonzales, who was described as a “criminal illegal alien.”

According to the Lake County state’s attorney’s office, the charges faced by Mendoza-Gonzalez are not eligible for detention under the SAFE-T Act. He was placed on pretrial release with conditions, including reporting to pretrial services and not leaving Illinois.

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