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Memorial Held for Cancer Patient Brutally Murdered Outside Treatment Center

Memorial Held for Cancer Patient Brutally Murdered Outside Treatment Center

Tributes Pour in for Missouri Cancer Patient Brutally Beaten Outside Treatment CenterSource: Shannon Vincel / FacebookAs Illinois police continue to investigate the brutal beating death of a cancer patient , her community mourns.On Tuesday, friends and family gathered in memory of Shannon Vincel, the 46-year-old woman who police say was killed Monday night while she and another patient were outside a Zion, Illinois, cancer treatment center.Vincel's family held a memorial at the St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church in Des Peres, Missouri, and asked attendees in lieu of flowers to donate to local animal shelter Stray Rescue.Vincel had travelled from Springfield, Missouri, to Zion to receive medical care for breast cancer from the Cancer Treatment Centers of America.She and another patient were waiting for a hospital shuttle to pick them up from their hospital residence when they were attacked by an unidentified man, Zion police tell PEOPLE.The suspect approached the pair and started hitting Vincel with a blunt object, police said.Vincel sustained severe head trauma and was taken to a local hospital where she died hours later, officials tell PEOPLE.Vincel was not robbed and police say there is no clear motive for the attack.Witnesses described the suspect as a black male wearing dark clothes, police said.Zion police are working alongside the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force to identify Vincel's killer.


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Patient Killed in Attack Outside Illinois Cancer Treatment Center

Patient Killed in Attack Outside Illinois Cancer Treatment Center

A cancer patient seeking treatment hundreds of miles away from home was beaten to death outside of an Illinois treatment center, according to local authorities.Shannon Vincel was attacked outside a Cancer Treatment Center of America's hotel facility in Zion at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 15.The Springfield, Missouri woman had traveled to Illinois to receive radiation treatment for breast cancer.While she and another patient waited for a hospital shuttle to take them to the treatment center, an unidentified suspect approached and struck her in the head with an unknown object, police said.


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Woman Battling Breast Cancer Beaten to Death Outside Treatment Center

Woman Battling Breast Cancer Beaten to Death Outside Treatment Center

ZION, IL – A Missouri woman was in Illinois receiving treatment for cancer when she was beaten to death as she sat outside the treatment center.Shannon Vincel, 46, was sitting outside her residence at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America when she was attacked.Police say she was struck in the head with a blunt object.The attack caused severe head trauma, and she died after her family took her off of life support the following day, WLS-TV reports.


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Memorial Held for Cancer Patient Brutally Murdered Outside Treatment Center

Memorial Held for Cancer Patient Brutally Murdered Outside Treatment Center

Tributes Pour in for Missouri Cancer Patient Brutally Beaten Outside Treatment CenterSource: Shannon Vincel / FacebookAs Illinois police continue to investigate the brutal beating death of a cancer patient , her community mourns.On Tuesday, friends and family gathered in memory of Shannon Vincel, the 46-year-old woman who police say was killed Monday night while she and another patient were outside a Zion, Illinois, cancer treatment center.Vincel's family held a memorial at the St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church in Des Peres, Missouri, and asked attendees in lieu of flowers to donate to local animal shelter Stray Rescue.Vincel had travelled from Springfield, Missouri, to Zion to receive medical care for breast cancer from the Cancer Treatment Centers of America.She and another patient were waiting for a hospital shuttle to pick them up from their hospital residence when they were attacked by an unidentified man, Zion police tell PEOPLE.The suspect approached the pair and started hitting Vincel with a blunt object, police said.Vincel sustained severe head trauma and was taken to a local hospital where she died hours later, officials tell PEOPLE.Vincel was not robbed and police say there is no clear motive for the attack.Witnesses described the suspect as a black male wearing dark clothes, police said.Zion police are working alongside the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force to identify Vincel's killer.