t was just before midnight when a Harvard, Illinois police officer noticed a vehicle pulled over on North Division Street, its hazard lights blinking in the dark.

What looked like a routine assist quickly turned into something far more devastating.

Inside the stopped car, officers found two people dead — a young married couple from Wisconsin who were just days away from celebrating their first wedding anniversary.

A love story that began in middle school

Rachel and Brandon Dumovich had known each other almost their entire lives. Continues…