--- description: The search for a missing 1-year-old girl from Joliet ended early Thursday morning when she was found dead in a home in her neighborhood title: Missing 1-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Illinois Home image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1e5535d1c7b5ba6/6988cae4cf40a84374c476fe/police-caution-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Missing 1-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Illinois Home by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2017 12:09 PM CUT  police line do not cross protection crime scene with copy space police line do not cross protection crime scene with copy spacePrathaan—Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2017 12:09 PM CUT The search for a missing 1-year-old girl from [Joliet, Ill.](http://time.com/money/collection-post/3312603/joliet-il/ "undefined"), ended early Thursday morning when she was found dead in a home in her neighborhood. Authorities and volunteers searched for the young girl for 30 hours before finding her around midnight, the [Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.](http://www.willcosheriff.org/pressreleases/?title=update-on-missing-child-joliet&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 "undefined") Crosby’s mother, Sheri Gordon, reported her daughter missing Tuesday evening, according to the press release. Gordon said her daughter was playing the year with her cousins and wandered away. The family is under investigation by the Department of Child and Family Services for neglect, [NBC Chicago](http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Missing-Girl-Found-Dead-420580853.html "undefined") reported. “We have had prior contact with this family including four unfounded investigations for neglect and two prior pending investigation\[s\] for neglect opened in March 2017,” Veronica Resa, deputy director of communications for DCFS, told NBC. She added that during their last visit on April 25, conditions in the household appeared fine. Police have not said whether the home the girl was located in was hers or not. Authorities said an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death, according to NBC Chicago. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4757253/missing-joliet-girl-found-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4757253/missing-joliet-girl-found-dead/"},"headline":"Missing 1-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Illinois Home","datePublished":"2017-04-27T12:09:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:37:53.900Z","description":"An autopsy is expected to be performed on the girl","url":"https://time.com/4757253/missing-joliet-girl-found-dead/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1e5535d1c7b5ba6/6988cae4cf40a84374c476fe/police-caution-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1e5535d1c7b5ba6/6988cae4cf40a84374c476fe/police-caution-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170427_police caution","caption":"police line do not cross protect crime scene","creditText":"Prathaan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4757253/missing-joliet-girl-found-dead/","name":"Missing 1-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Illinois Home"}}]}] ```