03/03/2026 - Report #841 - Victim: Sadie L. Tull - Location: Carlyle, IL

MCS Report #841

Classification: Suspicious Death

Requesting Agency: Carlyle Police Department

Date of Activation: 03/03/2026

Commander and Department:  Deputy Chief Scott Athmer, Highland PD

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. JP Thatcher, Madison County Sheriff’s Department

Deputy Report Officer and Department: MSgt. Scott Wobbe, Illinois State Police

Victim: Sadie L. Tull

The Carlyle Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Sadie Tull (age 41). At approximately 10:00am, officers responded to a residence in the 2100 block of Fairfax Street for a welfare check. There police officers found Sadie Tull with a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead on scene.

Anyone with information in this case is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).

PastKathy Effan