Cops scour area where trucker was stabbed

State police at midday were conducting a search of the area along the Edens Expressway where a trucker was found fatally stabbed last week.

Allen Lauritzen, 40, of Sparta, Wis., was found stabbed about 10:45 a.m. Friday in front of his truck on the Edens near Tower Road, south of its junction with U.S. Highway 41 in Northbrook.

State troopers were out combing the area today, making certain that there was no evidence that they had missed in their initial search, said State Police Master Sgt. S. Nowak.

Police said last week they were looking into the possibility that Lauritzen was stabbed in a dispute with another trucker.

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