Woman’s Body Identified 20 Years Later, Charges Filed

Racine County authorities have finally identified the body of a woman found in a cornfield 20 years ago.  An autopsy showed 23-year-old Peggy Lynn Johnson suffered burns, abrasions, lacerations and broken bones before she died and her body was dumped.  Investigators say the cognitively-impaired Illinois woman had been employed as a nanny and a housekeeper.  Now, 64-year-old Linda La Roche faces charges in her death.  The autopsy showed Johnson died of an infection caused by chronic abuse.