JO DAVIESS COUNTY, Ill. (KWQC) - Almost two months after a woman was found lying in ditch outside Warren, Illinois, investigators are still looking for a suspect.

On Aug. 29, Warren emergency crews went to the area of Vagle Court and Slaughterhouse Road on Illinois Route 78. Police said a person, later identified as 37-year-old, Nicole Burke, was hit by a vehicle on Aug. 28 and died.

Burke and her boyfriend had stopped at Smiley’s Public after a day shopping on Aug. 28. Police said she left with her boyfriend and later came back to the bar before walking around downtown Warren.

Officials with the Sheriff’s office said Burke was distressed and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. Cellphone records showed she left downtown around 8:40 p.m. and officers said she was hit just af

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