Kane County cold case: The buried truth behind Tyesha Bell’s murder

The Brief

  • Tyesha Bell disappeared from her Aurora apartment in May 2003, and her remains were found in a wooded area in Montgomery in 2020.
  • Prince Cunningham, who was in a secret relationship with Bell, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 70 years in prison.
  • Cunningham maintains his innocence and is appealing the verdict.

KANE COUNTY, Ill. – For years, friends and family of Tyesha Bell waited and waited for answers as to how this 22-year-old mother of two suddenly disappeared.

And then they waited for more answers as to why her bones were found in a wooded area in Montgomery nearly two decades later.

Tyesha Bell cold case

The backstory:

She was last seen the night of May 8, 2003, in the Aurora apartment she shared at the time with her sister Latasha Bell.…

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