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Man Arrested in Connection With Rochester Body


The Sangamon County State’s Attorney says a man has been arrested in connection with the death of Tracy Trimby, 43, of Decatur.

Trimby’s skeletal remains were found in a shed in Rochester in July. Perkins has been charged with Concealment of a Homicidal Death.

Bradley D. Perkins is being held in the Sangamon County Jail on $250,000 bond.

“The case remains under investigation by this office and the Illinois State Police” said State’s Attorney John Milhiser in a statement. “Additional charges are possible.”

Milhiser says there are no other suspects.

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