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About Goodfield, IL

The site of Goodfield was surveyed for John Guth of Washington, Illinois, on 29 August 1888. The name Goodfield is believed to derive from Guthville (via Goodville), named after John Guth. The area of the village gained local, national, and global notoriety when a 9-year-old boy allegedly set fire to a trailer that contained his mother and several other relatives, killing five, including at least one or two young children who were relatives. The fire was, after some time, determined to be suspicious by the coroner and fire investigators and area police. The boy, who as a young juvenile cannot be named (there is, after the mother gave an interview, also a court-imposed gag order on all parties), is subsequently being prosecuted on five first degree murder charges and aggravated arson resulting in death.