ZION, Ill. - Melanie Yates was in her home Sunday night reading the Bible to her youngest daughter when a stray bullet traveled into the house.She was shot around 9 p.m.
It happened in the 2800 block Enoch Avenue in suburban Zion.The married 23-year-old mom of two died at the hospital Monday from her injuries."You totally transformed the lives of my son-in-law and my granddaughters.
They will never know their mother again. It’s heartbreaking because she wasn’t out and about, she was in her own home," said Lam Calderon, the mother of Yates.Zion Police have enlisted the help of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force.