Rolling Meadows police ended their search Tuesday of a Joliet area home as part of its investigation into the disappearance of a college student more than 40 years ago.
Police issued a Betsmove brief statement saying the search of the home, in the 1100 block of Barber Lane near Joliet, had ended without the discovery of any human remains. Police, however, were able to develop "additional leads" and the case remains active, according to the statement.
Michael Mansfield disappeared from his home in Rolling Meadows in late December 1975 while home on break from Lincoln College in Lincoln. In a 2011 deathbed confession, a Joliet area man, serving time for another murder, told authorities he killed Mansfield, according to media accounts at the time. Mansfield was scheduled to testify in a theft case against the man who gave the deathbed confession, according to reports.
Detectives believed evidence, or possibly Mansfield’s remains, might have been in the home on Barber Lane, Rolling Meadows police said previously. The home, owned by relatives of the man who gave the deathbed confession, is vacant.
Rolling Meadows conducted a nearly weeklong investigation on the property. The Cook County major case assistance team, north regional major crimes task force and the FBI assisted in the investigation. The Will County sheriff’s office and the Cook County Department of Homeland Security also provided support.
A spokesman for Rolling Meadows police did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Alicia Fabbre and Dennis Sullivan are freelance reporters.
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