Murder victim’s family sues estate
WOODSTOCK – The family of a woman found strangled in her Marengo home on Mother’s Day 2006 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking money from the estate of her alleged killer.
The family of Verna Corcoran, 83, filed the lawsuit against the suspect, Jose Manuel Aldaba-Grijaldo, 21.
Police fatally shot the man near Hampshire after he was spotted driving Corcoran’s car through Marengo the day of the murder and was chased for 15 miles.
Attorneys for Corcoran said it was unlikely that the man had assets to go after, since he came to Mexico six months before the slaying. But his family has filed a Wisconsin wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court against police in connection with the shooting.
“If there is any money recovered, whether it is a settlement or otherwise, we want to see that money go to her family,” said Philip Prossnitz, an attorney for Corcoran.
The Kane County State’s Attorney in October 2006 determined that the police shooting was justified.
“Money will never make anyone whole in this situation,” Prossnitz said. “But it’s the closest to any type of justice the family will ever see.”