{"id":41411,"date":"2026-06-29T19:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=41411"},"modified":"2026-06-30T06:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:35:47","slug":"41411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/41411-41411\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Release Tattoos Found on Arm in Lake Mattoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><em>Tattoo of a skeleton holding a Green Bay Packers helmet<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__GiKq6 styles_alignJustify__1s1be\">Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 8 is seeking the public\u2019s assistance identifying the remains of a man discovered in Lake Mattoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__GiKq6 styles_alignJustify__1s1be\">On the evening of Sunday, June 28, boaters observed part of a human arm in Lake Mattoon. The Cumberland County Sheriff\u2019s Office requested ISP adopt the investigation. \u200b The arm has distinct tattoos and ISP is hoping this will help in identifying the man.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tattoo of unknown letter\/number<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41416 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tattoo-of-unknown-letter-number-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tattoo-of-unknown-letter-number-1.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tattoo-of-unknown-letter-number-1-300x292.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tattoo-of-unknown-letter-number-1-1024x998.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tattoo-of-unknown-letter-number-1-768x748.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__GiKq6 styles_alignJustify__1s1be\">If anyone has any information regarding a man with tattoos matching these pictures, or has any other information which may be helpful, we ask that they contact ISP Zone 8 Investigations at 618-542-2400 or email ISP.Zone8commander@illinois.gov.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tattoo of a skeleton holding a Green Bay Packers helmet Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 8 is seeking the public\u2019s assistance identifying the remains of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":41412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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