The longtime tenant of the mansion made famous by the “Home Alone” movie, under investigation for child porn, was found dead nearby, police say.
John Abendshien, 79, had owned the famed red-brick Colonial featured in the beloved 1990 Christmas film.
Abendshien’s body was discovered in a Chicago-area nature preserve, the victim of strangulation, according to the New York Post, crediting ABC7 Chicago and NBC Chicago.
Police say Abendshien killed himself amid an investigation into child pornography.
Just days before his apparent suicide, he was charged with five felony counts of possession of child sexual-abuse material.
He was released with conditions after he attended a detention hearing on April 17.
Abendshien’s family sold the five-bedroom “Home Alone” property in a Chicago suburb back in 2012 for $1.585 million, according to Chicago Agent Magazine.
Abendshien had lived in the “Home Alone” house while the movie was being filmed.
He later released a memoir, “Home but Alone No More,” detailing life inside his home that was turned into the iconic Christmas movie backdrop.
