Public Helps Coroner’s Office Locate Family of Springfield Man

Update: The Sangamon County Coroner’s Office said it has been able to make contact with Michael Satterfield’s sister. Coroner Jim Allmon thanked the public for its assistance in helping locate family.

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Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon is asking for the public’s help in locating the next of kin of Michael Satterfield, 66, of Springfield.

Satterfield was found on June 18 near a construction site in the 1000 block of North Grand Avenue East in Springfield. The Sangamon County Coroner’s Office was notified and responded to the scene. He was pronounced deceased at the scene at 8:15 a.m.

Preliminary autopsy findings indicate Satterfield died from a cervical spine fracture consistent with a fall. The death remains under investigation by the Sangamon County Coroner’s Office and the Springfield Police Department.

According to the Coroner’s Office, investigators have been unable to locate Satterfield’s next of kin. Multiple previous addresses in both the Chicago area and Springfield area have been checked, numerous phone numbers associated with possible emergency contacts have been called, and available law enforcement databases have been searched. Officials have not been able to identify or contact a relative.

Anyone with information regarding Satterfield’s next of kin is asked to contact the Sangamon County Coroner’s Office at 217-753-6610.

A photo of Satterfield is being released to assist with identification and notification of family.