THE ABOVE IS A NEWS-GAZETTE FILE PHOTO FROM RECENT FLOODING
August 19, 2026
Danville, IL- The Vermilion County Coroner, Jane McFadden stated that a body located in the water north of Fithian in rural Vermilion County, Illinois has been identified as 20-year-old Jaquincia Comage, from Decatur, Illinois.
An autopsy is scheduled for this afternoon. No other information is available for release and the Illinois State Police and the Vermilion County Coroner’s office continue to investigate
NEWS-GAZETTE ARTICLE:
FITHIAN — The body of a woman who was apparently swept away by floodwaters after her car went into a ditch north of Fithian has been identified.
On Wednesday, Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden identified the body as that of Jaquincia Comage, 20, of Decatur.
Illinois State Police said troopers were called around 10 a.m. Tuesday for a report of an unoccupied vehicle belonging to a missing person near the intersection of Illinois 49 and County Road 2100 N, about 5 miles north of Fithian. On scene, they found the vehicle in a ditch with apparent water damage.
That prompted an extensive multi-agency search, resulting in the discovery of Ms. Comage’s body on a riverbank several miles away.
