A woman found dead in the early hours of Oct. 10 following a residential fire in Kane County has been identified by the Kane County Coroner’s Office as Jeanette Konstanzer, 54.
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The coroner’s office said Wednesday that Konstanzer’s cause of death is pending toxicology, and the coroner is currently conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.
The woman was found dead by fire personnel inside the garage of a residence in the 43W500 block of Otter Lane in unincorporated Kane County near Lily Lake, officials said. The initial call about the fire came in on Friday, Oct. 9, just before midnight, with sheriff’s office deputies responding soon thereafter.
She was then taken to the Kane County Coroner’s Office, a news release from the coroner’s office said, and has since been identified as Jeanette Konstanzer, 54, of unincorporated Kane County.
An autopsy was conducted Wednesday, the coroner’s office said in a news release, and toxicology samples were collected and sent to a national forensic laboratory for analysis.
The coroner, Kane County Sheriff’s Office, Kane County Fire Investigation Task Force and state Fire Marshal’s Office are currently conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Konstanzer’s death, the news release said, specifically the cause and manner of death.