Excavation at a South Elgin home Thursday turned up no human remains or investigative leads connected to the 2016 Kianna Galvin missing person case, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office said Friday.
“While (the) search did not uncover the answers we had hoped for, our commitment to finding the truth about Kianna’s disappearance remains unwavering,” State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser said in a news release.
“We will continue to pursue every credible lead and stand with Kianna’s family as this investigation moves forward.”
Investigators spent the day Thursday doing excavation work at a home in the 800 block of Revere Road — the last place the 17-year-old South Elgin girl was seen on May 6, 2016 — after a radar examination of soil beneath the basement floor detected “anomolies” that investigators determined were worth exploring.
The house is around the corner from Galvin’s home. The teen told her sister that she was going to visit her friends there and would back shortly but never returned or answered her phone.
Galvin’s case was featured on the HBO/Discovery documentary series, “Hunt for the Missing: Chicago,” which spurred South Elgin police to do more investigation on the house. During the initial probe, a neighbor reported finding blood on his garbage can that DNA testing later revealed to be Galvin’s.
A man living at the Revere Road home and dating the homeowner’s daughter was reportedly the last person to see her alive. The man was later convicted of stabbing his girlfriend and is serving 15 years in prison for the attack. He has not been publicly named as a suspect.
Retired Chicago police detective Pamela Childs, who hosts the documentary series, said she and her partner, Pablo Foster, will continue their investigation into the case and have received more tips since the episode aired.
The state’s attorney’s office said their investigation remains ongoing as well.
Gloria Casas is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.