Crime & Safety

Grundy County Sheriff Found Dead in Home

Coroner says Terry Marketti died of natural causes.

Grundy County Sheriff Terry Marketti was found dead in his home of natural causes Friday morning.

Grundy County Coroner John Callahan said in a written release that the Marketti had been found in his home by family members. He was pronounced dead at 8 a.m. Friday morning.

The Joliet Herald News is reporting that Marketti was 56 years old.

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“Sheriff Marketti had been treating medical issues and passed away in his sleep of natural causes," Callahan said in a written release.

Funeral arrangements are pending with the R. W. Patterson Funeral Home in Braidwood.

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