Belvidere Police Department asks for help in cold case death investigation

BELVIDERE – The Belvidere Police Department needs the assistance of the public in a death investigation turned cold case.

Oct. 27, marked the second anniversary of the death of a Rockford Resident, Lucy V. Sawyer-Ford. Lucy, 72, was struck and killed by a hit and run driver in Belvidere.

On Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, at approximately 4:30 a.m., the Belvidere Police Department responded to a medical call of a subject in the roadway on Beloit Road at West Hills Boulevard, in Belvidere.

Officers arrived and discovered a deceased female who had been struck by a vehicle. The offending vehicle fled the scene.

The pedestrian was identified as Lucy V. Sawyer-Ford, a 72 year old female who resided in Rockford. The initial investigation indicates that Sawyer-Ford was walking on the roadway after her vehicle had broken down near the area where she was located.

The Belvidere Police Department encourages anyone having information on this crime to call the Belvidere Police Department at (815) 544-2135 or Crime Stoppers at (815) 547-7867.