Overview

• Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez remains in ICE custody at the Lake County Jail following his July 19 arrest in Chicago
• His April release under Illinois’s SAFE-T Act occurred because concealment of death, abuse of a corpse and obstructing justice are non-detainable Class 4 felonies
• The Lake County Coroner’s Office autopsy found no signs of trauma or decapitation, contradicting earlier statements by DHS
• Mendoza-Gonzalez pleaded not guilty in May and has told authorities he discovered Bos’s overdose and hid her body out of fear
• Family members and local officials have called for changes to the SAFE-T Act after his initial release without bail