A police vehicle remains on the scene of a death investigation outside a hotel in the 2400 block of Landmeier in Elk Grove Village on Feb. 26, 2026. (Tom Wessell/Journal photo)
So many children are living at the InTown Suites extended stay hotel in Elk Grove Village, that School Dist. 59 added a bus stop on the property to accommodate a growing need.
That’s according to Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson, who presided over a license revocation hearing for InTown Suites on Wednesday (March 18) at village hall. The hearing came after the body of a 50-year-old woman was found outside the hotel late last month. The man she was staying with was charged with her murder.
The hearing was continued until Tuesday, March 31 — with conditions. Johnson said Elk Grove Village police compiled 14 pages of incidents at the hotel over 24 months. He accused the extended stay of becoming a den for prostitution, drug use, and domestic battery, all while the hotel has no staff working overnight.
He said the 14 children who live at the hotel and take the bus to Dist. 59 elementary and middle schools range in age between 5 and 13.
Journal reporters found approximately 10 incidents from over the last year having been reported by police at the hotel, 2411 Landmeier Rd., in the police department’s Daily Bulletin files. Those incidents included arrests for assault, battery, disorderly conduct, trespass, in addition to at least two reports of catalytic converter thefts.
The attorney for the hotel, Brian Liston of Liston & Tsantilis, said he was only assigned to the case 24 hours earlier. He asked for a continuance, which was granted, but with conditions.
“I’m not sure you’re grasping the reality of what’s happening at that location,” Johnson told Liston. “On Christmas Day in 2024 and 2025, we had seven domestic incidents, while students go to our schools (from the hotel).”
Johnson said conditions would include hiring 24-hour security at the hotel immediately, prohibiting new guests from checking in, providing police with working key cards to access public areas, and releasing hotel records to village officials.
Liston said hotel officials would do whatever is needed to remain open.
“This is a scary situation,” Johnson said. “I feel bad it’s been going on this long, for years, it’s beyond belief, it’s (police calls) multiple times a day from different people.”
At the start of the hearing, attorney Christopher Huff for the village recounted the events of the murder. Arturo F. Taylor, 54, of Fox Lake, was charged with first-degree murder after a woman he was staying with at the hotel, Colleen Bagley, 50, also of Fox Lake, was reportedly found stabbed to death outside the hotel at 4:18 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Johnson added that village research showed that the hotel is owned by a corporate investment fund called BlackRock.
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