Authorities will decide next week whether to release frozen funds to the widow of a northern Illinois police officer who officials say killed himself after embezzling from a youth program.
The move was delayed after a Lake County judge in the case involving Melodie Gliniewicz had to leave the courthouse yesterday. An attorney declined to say how much will be released.
Authorities say Fox Lake Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz staged his suicide to look like a homicide because he feared discovery of the embezzlement.
The Lake County state's attorney's office froze several of his wife's personal bank accounts during a criminal investigation. Melodie Gliniewicz hasn't been charged.
Melodie Gliniewicz's attorneys argue prosecutors wrongly froze accounts and credit cards. An earlier motion freed up about $4,000 for her.