Documents show at least one officer responding to death of Lt. Gliniewicz thought it was a suicide

FOX LAKE -- Newly released documents show that at least one officer responding to the fatal shooting of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, a northern Illinois police officer who staged his suicide to make it look like he was killed in the line of duty thought he might have killed himself -- while others quickly rejected the idea.

Lt. Gliniewicz's September 1st death touched off a massive, weekslong manhunt.

Authorities later concluded he'd staged his death to look like homicide after realizing he would be exposed as a thief.

Fox Lake officials late Monday, January 4th released summaries of interviews given to the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force after Gliniewicz's death.

One officer noted the position of Gliniewicz's right hand as a possible indication of suicide. But that was quickly rejected by a sergeant, who later said he was too "vain" to kill himself.

A spokesman for a task force that investigated a northern Illinois police officer's death says interviews with the first police officers on the scene did not create any major leads in the case.

Lake County Sheriff's Detective Chris Covelli told The Associated Press on Monday that the responding officers' accounts of the day Lt. Gliniewicz died were a "piece of the puzzle."

But Covelli says what Gliniewicz said on the radio about chasing suspects and other evidence outweighed the initial conflicting perceptions of the officers.

Gliniewicz ran the Fox Lake Police Explorers program, and is accused of taking money from that program.

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