The racially charged graffiti that marred the garage of a McHenry home has been power washed away and painted over thanks to a helping hand.
McHenry police were following some leads on the case Thursday, the day after the garage of a Drake Court home, which also operates as a day care, was marked with the threat “Go away [racial epithet] or else die,” and the car also was vandalized with the phrase “[racial epithet] ride,” Deputy Chief John Birk said.
The vandalism occurred sometime between 7:40 a.m. Wednesday when some of Cindy Dunklin’s day care attendees arrived and 8:10 a.m. when she took her daughter out to the bus, she said. Her daughter is in kindergarten.
Dunklin is white, and her husband is black.
This is the second time the house has been vandalized, Birk said. The first incident occurred in 2012.
Some of Dunklin’s clients have left her day care, which is called Garden Patch Kids, since the second incident, she said, adding that she’s now looking for new clients.
Her full-service business can be reached at 815-307-3790.
By Thursday afternoon, though, the graffiti was off the house and the garage looks “brand spanking new,” Dunklin said, adding that she scrubbed the car and then took it to Gerber Glass for a buff.
Lake in the Hills resident and Woodstock-based JH Power Cleaning Services owner Josh Harrison volunteered to paint the house after hearing of the vandalism.
“I wasn’t really surprised, just disappointed,” Harrison said. “She runs a children’s day care. That’s not something you want young minds to see.”
If Harrison’s efforts had been unsuccessful, the Dunklins would have had to pay $500 to get the garage door replaced and the car fixed, Dunklin said.
“It’s really nice and a blessing,” she said of Harrison’s offer. “Thank the lord good people still exist.”
No suspects had been identified as of Thursday afternoon, Birk said. Extra patrols have been conducted in the neighborhood on a routine basis.
Police also have conducted a neighborhood canvass, interviewed neighbors and anyone that might have an issue with any of the residents, compared the two incidents for similar leads and evidence and sent a notice to surrounding communities to see if there have been any similar incidents, Birk said.
McHenry police were following some leads on the case Thursday, the day after the garage of a Drake Court home, which also operates as a day care, was marked with the threat “Go away [racial epithet] or else die,” and the car also was vandalized with the phrase “[racial epithet] ride,” Deputy Chief John Birk said.
The vandalism occurred sometime between 7:40 a.m. Wednesday when some of Cindy Dunklin’s day care attendees arrived and 8:10 a.m. when she took her daughter out to the bus, she said. Her daughter is in kindergarten.
Dunklin is white, and her husband is black.
This is the second time the house has been vandalized, Birk said. The first incident occurred in 2012.
Some of Dunklin’s clients have left her day care, which is called Garden Patch Kids, since the second incident, she said, adding that she’s now looking for new clients.
Her full-service business can be reached at 815-307-3790.
By Thursday afternoon, though, the graffiti was off the house and the garage looks “brand spanking new,” Dunklin said, adding that she scrubbed the car and then took it to Gerber Glass for a buff.
Lake in the Hills resident and Woodstock-based JH Power Cleaning Services owner Josh Harrison volunteered to paint the house after hearing of the vandalism.
“I wasn’t really surprised, just disappointed,” Harrison said. “She runs a children’s day care. That’s not something you want young minds to see.”
If Harrison’s efforts had been unsuccessful, the Dunklins would have had to pay $500 to get the garage door replaced and the car fixed, Dunklin said.
“It’s really nice and a blessing,” she said of Harrison’s offer. “Thank the lord good people still exist.”
No suspects had been identified as of Thursday afternoon, Birk said. Extra patrols have been conducted in the neighborhood on a routine basis.
Police also have conducted a neighborhood canvass, interviewed neighbors and anyone that might have an issue with any of the residents, compared the two incidents for similar leads and evidence and sent a notice to surrounding communities to see if there have been any similar incidents, Birk said.
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