Missing Round Lake Park Woman Found Dead

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 26, 2011 4:40PM

Melissa Ann Best, the Round Lake Park mother who had been missing for more than a week, was found dead yesterday in a field in suburban Grayslake in a van in an apartment complex in suburban Grayslake. Best went missing April 15, after dropping her 15-year-old daughter off at a friend's apartment.

Lake County Coroner Artis Yancey said a cause of death won't be determined until an autopsy on Best is completed tomorrow. But he did tell media that Best's body showed no signs of struggle. Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko and members of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force are holding news conference to discuss the case, where they said drugs and alcohol were found in Best's system.