Waukegan man charged with concealing death of Antioch woman

A Waukegan man has been charged with concealing the death of a missing Antioch woman after her body was found in a container on his property.

Megan Bos, 37, was reported missing March 9. She was known to spend time in the Antioch and Waukegan areas.

On April 10, Antioch police went into a Waukegan business to speak to Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, a person of interest who had frequent contact with Bos, the Waukegan Police Department said.

Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, first told officers that Bos had visited his home in the 700 block of Yeoman Street on Feb. 19, but had left.

After further questioning on her whereabouts, Mendoza-Gonzalez told officers that he did not want to be arrested at the business, so he was taken to a Waukegan police station, police said.

There, Mendoza-Gonzalez told detectives that on Feb. 19, Bos was in his home inhaling drugs. He told detectives that Bos had asked if she could stay in his basement, and he agreed. He went to a different part of the home to fix a leaking pipe, and when he returned to the basement, he found Bos dead, police said.

Mendoza-Gonzalez told detectives he believed that Bos had overdosed. He said he was afraid of getting in trouble so he left Bos’ body in the basement for a few days.

He eventually moved her body to a container in his yard, police said.

Mendoza-Gonzalez said he broke Bos’ phone the day after the alleged overdose and threw it in the trash. When asked what he planned to do with her body, he told detectives he didn’t know.

A search warrant was obtained and police found Bos’ body in a container on Mendoza-Gonzalez’s property, police said. An autopsy determined there were no signs of any trauma or a struggle to her body.

Mendoza-Gonzalez was charged with concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse and obstructing justice, police said.