Investigators seek help from public in solving murder
URBANA — Champaign County sheriff’s investigators are looking for help from the public finding the person or persons responsible for the murder of a Mahomet woman.
Holly Cassano, 22, was found dead in her in her home at 298 DuPage in the Candlewood Estates mobile home park northeast of Mahomet about 10:30 a.m. Monday by a relative.
An autopsy done Tuesday morning in Bloomington revealed that she died of multiple stab wounds.
“They were all over,” said Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup. “A couple went through the heart, but there was more than one fatal wound.”
Sheriff Dan Walsh said Ms. Cassano lived at the home with her daughter, about 16 months old. The daughter was at the home of a relative and is safe.
Walsh said Ms. Cassano worked at the Meijer store in Champaign and was last seen there between 10 and 11 p.m. Sunday. Until recently, she also had a second job at the Bob Evans Restaurant in Champaign, he said.
Walsh did not want to speculate on whether the act was random or if there was more than one person involved. He asked that anyone who might have seen her late Sunday or early Monday contact the sheriff’s office.
He said investigators believe whoever attacked her may have been cut.
Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers at 373-TIPS or can send an anonymous tip using the Crimestopper’s Web site, www.373tips.com, or via text by sending Tip397 plus the tip to CRIMES (274637).
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