In re Cole

OPINION AND ORDER

Dillard, J.

This claim is brought by Nelda Cole for compensation under the Crime Victims Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. (1987), ch. 70, par. 71 et seq.) following the death of her husband on February 4, 1986. Claimant makes application for compensation as a “person who was dependent upon the deceased victim of a crime of violence for [her] support at the time of the death of that victim.” Ill. Rev. Stat. (1987), ch. 70, par. 72(a).

Facts

Decedents body was found on February 5,1986, in a six-foot drainage ditch with mud banks in rural Montgomery County. It was determined death…