IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 8.34
Issues In Failure To Report The Death Or Disappearance Of A Child
Under 13 Years Of Age
To sustain the charge of failure to report the death or disappearance of a child under 13
years of age, the State must prove the following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant was the [(parent) (legal guardian) (caretaker)] of
________ who was a child under 13 years of age; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant [(knew) (should have known)] ________ was
[(missing) (deceased)] and failed to report the [(death) (disappearance)] to a law enforcement
agency within 24 hours.
[or]
First Proposition: That the defendant was the [(parent) (legal guardian) (caretaker)] of
________ who was a child under 2 years of age; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant [(knew) (should have known)] ________ was
[(missing) (deceased)] and failed to report the [(death) (disappearance)] to a law enforcement
agency within 1 hour.
[or]
First Proposition: That the defendant was the [(parent) (legal guardian) (caretaker)] of
________ who was a child under 13 years of age; and
Second Proposition: That the defendant reasonably believed ________’s death was
caused by [(homicide) (accident) (suspicious circumstances)] and failed to report this
information to the law enforcement agency for the county where ________’s corpse was found.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that each one of these propositions
has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that any one of these propositions
has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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