UNUSUAL CASES, FAMILIAR FACES IN COURT

ST. CHARLES - After a young St. Charles man was found dead on a park
bench on June 16, two of his friends were charged with leaving him
there to die of a drug overdose.

Clinton Eash, 30, and Joseph Estok, 29, each face drug-induced
homicide charges in 27-year-old Matthew Thies' death.

Both have pleaded not guilty and remain in Kane County Jail.

Three children found Thies on a bench behind Fox Ridge Elementary
School in St. Charles. He was alive when he was placed on the bench,
but died soon after from a cocaine and heroin overdose, prosecutors said.

It is only the second time the charge has been filed in Kane County.