A jury ruled the death of an 18-year-old a homicide and the driver negligent. The jury also recommended that similar cases in the future be given to a neighboring county’s state’s attorney rather than a state’s special prosecutor.

MT. CARROLL, Ill. (KWQC) - A coroner’s inquest into the death of Jackson Kradle is set to begin in Mt. Carroll Tuesday morning. Kradle was found dead in the early morning hours of July 28 on Illinois Route 78, about one mile north of downtown Mt. Carroll.