IL SB1781

Requires State police officers and local police officers to receive training in homicide investigations where victims were suspected of being subject to domestic abuse, including identification of staged crime scenes and 10 red flag indicators of domestic homicide

Mandates coroners to investigate deaths suspected as suicides when circumstances suggest the death may have been caused by or related to domestic violence, in consultation with a board-certified forensic pathologist

Establishes that when a deceased individual has an identifiable history of domestic violence victimization and 3 or more specified red flag factors are present, law enforcement must interview family members before making findings on manner and cause of death

Lists 10 investigative factors including: premature death, scene appearing as suicide/accident, partner wanting to end relationship, history of coercive control or strangulation, decedent found by partner, partner controlling scene before police arrival, and evidence of scene alteration

Grants family members access to victim services during investigations and the right to request investigation records under FOIA if the case is closed as non-homicide