“Make sure you’re keeping your eyes open to all evidence and nothing is what it first appears to be.”

That quote – from former Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim – is the hammer ending to a weekend report from the Daily Herald marking the 10-year anniversary of the death of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz.

The report, available at tinyurl.com/LtJoe10years , vividly recalls the wild uncertainty of the initial developments revisited against the backdrop of the reality that eventually came to light: “It was an elaborate ruse by a well-known and, by some accounts, beloved officer who staged his own suicide to escape the outcome of a pending investigation.”

Going through personal archives reminded I didn’t write about the story for 10 weeks – because that’s how long

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