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Landin Bodine

Case from Decatur, IL dated Dec 05, 2025

Victim Details

Landin Bodine

Male

White / Caucasian

Decatur

IL

2025-12-05

18

Landin

Bodine

07/20/2026

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Landin Lee Bodine, an 18-year-old male from Mt. Zion in the Decatur, Illinois, area, was remembered by those closest to him as a hardworking student who gravitated toward simple comforts and familiar places. He spent his days balancing school with work, and his free time with the kinds of routines that made a small-town life feel big—football and track, music and car stereos, late-night Taco Bell runs, and quiet hangouts by the water at Sportsman Park.

That park—near Lake Decatur—be ...
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  • https://www.wcia.com/news/macon-county/family-searches-for-answers-after-teen-dies-in-decatur-park-shooting/
  • WAND-TV: Suspect in Mt. Zion 18-year-old's death denied pretrial release
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