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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

James 'JR' Desco, Dead at age 24, Former student at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Ill

Remembering Eastern student James ‘JR’ Desco

Anna Hagan, Reporter February 12, 2024

Kind, compassionate, generous. Those are just a few ways friends and family would describe James Robert Desco, or as he was better known, JR. Born Dec. 19, 1998, Desco spent most of his youth in Brookfield...

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