michelle
9:26 am on June 11th, 2008
No need for speculation as far as I am concerned. The son of a bitch killed his wife and left three children without a mother and now they will have to live with what he did for the rest of their life. Fuck, him. Is there a crazy as relative who could get away with offing him?
Morbid
9:41 am on June 11th, 2008
It is being reported that she told her sister that she was in fear for her life.
michelle
9:53 am on June 11th, 2008
It is being reported that she told her sister that she was in fear for her life.
Of course she did, sadly she was right.
Hippiepoet
10:42 am on June 11th, 2008
Sounds very suspicious. Hopefully the coppers will figure it all out soon. What’s that saying….”if it looks like shit and smells like shit, it probably is fucking shit”….this dude definitely sounds like he’s in the shit.
I feel sorry for her children.
sugarglider
11:08 am on June 11th, 2008
Yeah, the whole “my daddy killed my mommy” legacy is a tough one to deal with.
Lilbay
12:54 pm on June 11th, 2008
In cases like this i always have to wonder what in heck that other woman is honestly thinking?
I mean she had to know he had a wife now how did she expect him to just pack up the kids and roll into town and stay in a hotel like a new family without any issues from the kids mom?
Did she just assume that the wife/Mom just did not give a darn?
I have to wonder what if anything she knew about this
I pray those kids find strength through whatever higher power they worship and i hope the family gets them to see a therapist to deal with this mess.
solange822001
2:22 pm on June 12th, 2008
Lilbay, I think the other woman is his mother, the children’s grandmother, according to the article. Maybe it was updated after you posted this comment, but it makes much more sense. I guess MURDER isn’t enough for this mother to desert her precious baby Daniel!
funnymommy
2:12 pm on June 14th, 2008
It is being reported that she told her sister that she was in fear for her life.
Yeah, this was on the news the other night and apparently she had stated to family that if she ever went missing, her husband did it. Wow.
I had a friend who used to say that all the time about her partner. She finally left him. He burned their house down and went to jail. Thankfully, no one was hurt but he destroyed everything they had and the poor kids were left with nothing. He is currently serving time.
Zibarro
6:26 am on September 23rd, 2008
No updates?
Seems if he was gonna be charged… it would have happened by now?
Just askin’
Poor kids
Lilbay
6:43 am on September 23rd, 2008
They took till a week ago to actually state to News that it was Homicide according to recent news posts.
http://www.week.com/news/local/29201899.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-clearydeath,0,3140061.story
So i am not going to give up hope yet. I do pray they find enough evidence to get this bastard. The kids are with a Aunt so hopefully he has limited access if any to them.
He makes himself look even more guilty in that he cremate the body against familys wishes. Makes me wonder what he was making sure was not found???
So sad when you KNOW these bastards do it but have no proof to lock them up. I pray the length of time it took to actually come out with news on this may mean charges are coming.
impqueen
6:45 am on September 23rd, 2008
Actually, Zibarro, it’s not unusual for charges to take years in homicides.
But as it happens, there’s been an update. This from http://centralillinoisproud.com/content/fulltext/?cid=23411 :
WMBD/WYZZ — Logan County – A Logan County Coroners jury rules the death of Mackinaw woman MeLisa Cleary a homicide. Autopsy results show Cleary died from blunt force trauma to the head and neck areas. Cleary’s body was found June 9th off of Interstate 155 near Hartsburg. MeLisa’s husband Daniel Cleary was questioned and released by police following the discovery of her body. An investigation is ongoing through the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department.
Zibarro
6:56 am on September 23rd, 2008
Actually, Zibarro, it’s not unusual for charges to take years in homicides.
Imp, I can understand that in cases where there’s no real suspect… but this just didn’t seem to fall into that catagory. She goes missing, she’s found dead and hubby, grandma and kids are found (essentially) hiding in a motel. HE didn’t report her missing and she’d told people she was scared for her life and if she was ever found murdered (to have to even SAY that to people – God!) that hubby did it.
I guess coincidences happen… but not THAT often.
Thank you both for the update. I’ve only been here a few days so I’m finding a lot of these stories long after the fact.
Dakota Valkyrie
11:29 am on June 3rd, 2009
Jean Cohoon never thought a year would pass without an arrest after her daughter was found dead June 9, 2008, on a railroad embankment.
A lot has happened since MeLisa Cleary, 30, was killed, including a custody fight over her three children, a foreclosure on her family’s Mackinaw home and an ongoing police investigation.
But there’s been no arrest.
[...]
Tazewell County Sheriff Bob Huston said last week that investigators have forwarded their reports to the state’s attorney’s office, where they are being reviewed for possible prosecution. State’s Attorney Stu Umholtz said it’s still under investigation.
A lawyer representing Cleary’s husband, Daniel Cleary, 35, said in December his client was considered the prime suspect in her death but maintained his innocence. The lawyer did not respond to requests for comment this week.
Meanwhile, the couple’s home in Heritage Lake, a private community near Mackinaw, sits empty amid overgrown grass. Foreclosure proceedings against Daniel Cleary began in October, court records show.
He has since moved to Normal and works for a heating and air conditioning firm.
MeLisa Cleary’s family says the couple’s children — ages 13, 10 and 4 — are in foster care and living in western Illinois.
[...]
DCFS said in December that Daniel Cleary was allowed supervised visits.
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/06/02/news/doc4a25d6ef705bc714069750.txt

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