Carpentersville

It’s the end of an era in Chicago’s northwest suburbs, as Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee and Carpentersville permanently closed Friday after over 40 years of operation.

Friday marks the final day of a once-popular suburban Chicago mall — at least as shoppers know it.

Friday marks the final day of a once-popular suburban Chicago mall — at least as shoppers know it.

Spring Hill Mall reportedly has a closing date.

It’s the end of a shopping mall era in West Dundee, as Spring Hill Mall, built in 1980 on 100 acres of land, will permanently close March 22.

It’s the end of a shopping mall era in West Dundee, as the Spring Hill Mall, built in 1980 on 100 acres of land, will permanently close March 22.

Authorities have made a final determination of a cause of death for Brissa Romero, a missing Carpentersville teen whose body was found in a Vernon Hills pond last month.

Authorities have revealed the cause of death for Brissa Romero, a missing Carpentersville teen whose body was found in a Vernon Hills pond earlier this week.

The body recovered from a Vernon Hills pond Tuesday has been positively identified as Brissa Romero, a 17-year-old from Carpentersville who had gone missing last week on her way to a work holiday party, the Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed.

A body matching the description of a missing Carpentersville teen was found in a Vernon Hills pond, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A body has been recovered from a Vernon Hills pond authorities were searching as part of an investigation into a Carpentersville teen’s disappearance last week, police said.

Brissa Romero, 17, of Carpentersville, went missing last week while headed to a holiday work party in Vernon Hills, officials said.

The search for Brissa Romero, a 17-year-old Carpentersville girl who went missing last week on her way to a holiday party, is expected to resume Tuesday morning around 8 a.m. after authorities on Monday discovered Romero’s car in a retention pond in Vernon Hills, the Vernon Hills Police Department said. Courtney Sisk has more.

Police investigating the mysterious disappearance of a 17-year-old Carpentersville girl who went missing on her way to a work holiday party one week ago discovered the teen’s vehicle in a pond Monday afternoon near where she was last spotted on camera.

Police investigating the mysterious disappearance of a 17-year-old Carpentersville girl who went missing on her way to a work holiday party one week ago discovered the teen’s vehicle in a pond Monday afternoon near where she was last spotted on camera.

Crews could be seen searching a pond in Vernon Hills Monday afternoon amid an investigation into a Carpentersville teen’s disappearance in the area as she traveled for a holiday party.

Crews could be seen searching a pond in Vernon Hills Monday afternoon amid an investigation into a Carpentersville teen’s disappearance in the area as she traveled for a holiday party.

Surveillance video showed one of the final moments a missing teen was seen on camera before her mysterious disappearance as she went to a holiday party.

The family of Brissa Romero, 17, says the footage shows the missing Carpentersville teen as she returned to her work in Schaumburg to pick up her iPad just before she went missing.

According to officials, Brissa Romero, 17, of Carpentersville, was last seen Dec. 4 before heading to a holiday work party at Bowelro in Vernon Hills. Sandra Torres has more.