The death of a woman recovered from the Illinois River near Peoria last month is new being ruled a homicide. Tamara Schaidle was discovered in the river March 21st. An autopsy initially showed she died from drowning. Later, the Peoria County Coroner concluded that the 58-year-old received injuries consistent with blunt force trauma and drowning by another, making this case a homicide investigation. Detectives determined Schaidle was last seen walking on March 20th from Morton Street into the Constitution Garden Park near the Dan Fogelberg Memorial.
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