Father rides dead on Amtrak train for 15 hours Grayslake woman didn't report his death in Colorado until arrival in Chicago.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2006 | by Filas, Lee

Byline: Lee Filas Daily Herald Staff Writer A Grayslake woman rode an Amtrak train with her father for more than 15 hours Monday without reporting to authorities the man had died, Chicago police said. Daniel Stepanovich, 80, of Hammond, Ind., was traveling from California when he died in Colorado at 12:05 a.m.

Monday. But the death was not reported to train officials by the daughter until the train pulled into Union Station in Chicago after 5 p.m., Chicago police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said. Taylor said the woman did not report the death because she said she didn't have the money to transport her father's body to Chicago from Colorado if it would have been removed from the train. "You'd think she would have notified authorities when he passed away,"...