Sugar Grove man charged in hit-and-run death of woman, 69

A Sugar Grove man has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a neighbor in October.

A Kane County grand jury charged Marc Wiskur, 47, on July 11 with one count of leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury or death.

The crash killed 69-year-old Elaine Zielke. She was out walking her dog on Fays Lane in the Dugan Woods subdivision when she was hit.

Wiskur lives in the 1800 block of Fays Lane.

Kane County Judge Salvatore LoPiccolo granted Wiskur pretrial release, because the charge wasn’t listed as a detainable offense under state law and didn’t qualify for detention under other standards.

Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Ruth Walstra said two callers reported, around 10:28 p.m. Oct. 12, that a woman had been hit by a vehicle on Fays Lane near Dugan Woods Park.

One of the calls came from a man who did not identify himself. He said a blue Subaru hit the woman. The man did not give his name or address and gave a false telephone number, Walstra said.

According to Walstra, a witness said an SUV, possibly a Jeep, struck Zielke.

A white Chevy Malibu was near the scene. Police approached the teenage driver of that car at his house, and, due to his age, asked to speak with the teen’s father.

The father did not come to the door. But a grandmother, living in a separate residence on the property, looked for the father in the garage.

When she opened the garage door, police saw a Jeep with front-end damage parked inside.

Tests revealed that the touch DNA found on the hood belonged to Zielke, while the touch DNA on the steering wheel matched that of Wiskur, according to Walstra.

Walstra said Wiskur told police he had been at a bar in Hinckley before the crash and a golf outing earlier in the day.

Wiskur’s son testified at a grand jury hearing that Wiskur told him he hit the woman and left the scene.