Country Club Hills mayor Dwight Welch said this morning that the girlfriend of Christopher Kelly has "lawyered up" and is no longer talking to police investigating the Saturday death of the former top Rod Blagojevich adviser.
He also said police are searching for a man who went to Oak Forest Hospital while Kelly was being treated in the emergency room and claimed to be Kelly's friend. The man, described by the mayor as a white male with gray hair, was looking for Kelly's black Cadillac Escalade, which apparently was used to take Kelly to the hospital.
Welch said police were called from Oak Forest Hospital at 2:58 a.m. Saturday to interview Kelly and his girlfriend, who identified herself as Clarissa Flores of Chicago. She told police she was Kelly's girlfriend and had driven Kelly to the hospital. He was later transported to Stroger Hospital at 4:15 a.m. and pronounced dead at 10:46 a.m. Saturday.
"Based on what the victim said to the officer at the hospital we are fairly certain of that [that it was an attempted suicide]," said Welch.
Kelly, of Burr Ridge, was married. The couple had three daughters.
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