On January 11, 2023, Tiffany C. Hendrickson, a 34-year-old woman from Fort Smith, Arkansas, died in a tragic incident in Chebanse, Illinois. The event occurred when Illinois State Police responded to a crash involving a semi-tractor trailer on Interstate 57 at the 303-mile marker in Otto Township, Kankakee County.
Upon arriving at the scene, troopers found Michael J. Hendrickson, 40, Tiffany's husband, in the passenger seat with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Kankakee County Coroner's Office at 1:54 p.m..
Tiffany Hendrickson, who was driving the semi, was also found with a gunshot wound and was transported to Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. Despite medical efforts, she was pronounced dead in the emergency department.
Preliminary autopsy findings indicated that Michael Hendrickson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, while Tiffany Hendrickson died from a gunshot wound to the head. The final cause and manner of death were to be determined after toxicology testing, but the incident is believed to be a murder-suicide.
The investigation was conducted by the Kankakee County Coroner's Office, Illinois State Police Troop 5, and the ISP Zone 1 Investigations Division. This tragic event highlights the devastating consequences of domestic violence and gun violence, as Tiffany Hendrickson is remembered as a victim of such violence.
