Family members say a Nobel Prize-winning Purdue University chemistry professor was confused and searching for help when his wife’s body was found at a nort
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS – Family members say a Nobel Prize-winning Purdue University chemistry professor was confused and searching for help when his wife’s body was found at a northern Illinois landfill.
The relatives told WTHR-TV in Indianapolis that 80-year-old Sumire Negishi was “near the end of her battle with Parkinson’s” disease and was traveling with her husband, 82-year-old professor Eiichi Negishi.
The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found Sumire Negishi’s body and the couple’s vehicle Tuesday at Orchard Hills Landfill outside Rockford.
