Pubdate: Sat, 30 Dec 2006
Source: Kane County Chronicle (IL)
Copyright: 2006 Kane County Chronicle
Contact:  http://www.kcchronicle.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3178
Author: Kate Thayer
Note: First segment only
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UNUSUAL CASES, FAMILIAR FACES IN COURT

ST. CHARLES - After a young St. Charles man was found dead on a park 
bench on June 16, two of his friends were charged with leaving him 
there to die of a drug overdose.

Clinton Eash, 30, and Joseph Estok, 29, each face drug-induced 
homicide charges in 27-year-old Matthew Thies' death.

Both have pleaded not guilty and remain in Kane County Jail.

Three children found Thies on a bench behind Fox Ridge Elementary 
School in St. Charles. He was alive when he was placed on the bench, 
but died soon after from a cocaine and heroin overdose, prosecutors said.

It is only the second time the charge has been filed in Kane County.