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Missing Woman Died of Exposure

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 6, 2011 7:40PM

The autopsy of Tanya Shannon, whose body was found in a soybean field in LaSalle County earlier this week, determined that the 40-year-old woman died from exposure to the elements. Shannon appeared to suffer no trauma from the car crash that killer her husband Dale, and toxicology results won't be available for a few weeks.