GALESBURG — Illinois State police continue to investigate the 2018 death of Tyler Smith in Galesburg. Authorities say Galesburg police were called out in September 2018 on a report of a body in the Cedar Fork Creek. The body was identified as Smith, a man from Rochelle. The 23-year-old was in Galesburg with friends the night before he was to attend his last National Guard Drill Weekend in Macomb. An initial autopsy revealed he died as a result of a drowning. After a second autopsy, the circumstances surrounding his death are still undetermined.
