A body discovered inside an apartment at Eighth and Hampshire in Quincy had been dead for months before anyone found it. The discovery prompted a father who has not seen his daughter to fear the worst.
According to Muddy River News, police responded to a concerned neighbor's call around 9 p.m. Thursday. Authorities said the investigation was ongoing and there was no threat to the public.
Daniels has not seen his daughter.
A Father's Fear
Daniels fears the worst.
An autopsy was scheduled for Friday, according to the coroner’s office, and the wait for answers reflects the process of investigating an unexplained death. Under the Illinois Coroners Act, county coroners must conduct a preliminary investigation into deaths that are suspicious, obscure, mysterious, or unexplained. An autopsy is required when the examining physician or coroner believes the cause of death cannot be definitely established except by autopsy, according to Kankakee County Coroner’s Office.
Investigators are working to identify the person found in the apartment.
A Quincy Corner With Local History
The body was found inside a Federal Post Office building at Eighth and Hampshire. The corner carries local history dating to the late 1830s as the home site of pioneer law partners Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, according to the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County.
The building's ground floor had housed the Quincy Orville Browning Station Post Office until it closed in February 2026 after the discovery of lead-based paint inside the facility, per Postal Times. The office still had a repair order in July.
Investigators were at the scene as they worked on the case.
What Comes Next
Federal policy generally requires emergency post office suspensions to be resolved through reopening or permanent closure, a process typically completed in 180 to 280 days, according to a 2023 report from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, though officials have noted a national backlog frequently pushes suspensions past that window.
The investigation remains ongoing.
