A body pulled Tuesday morning from the North Branch of the Chicago River has been identified as a missing Lawndale man who disappeared after going to a grocery store near where he was found dead, officials said.
Emergency crews responded around 8:45 a.m. to the 1500 block of West Webster Avenue for a call of a person in the water, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt.
Esteban Uriostigue, 22, was reported missing Friday night. He was last seen leaving a Jewel-Osco at 2550 N. Clybourn Ave., according to police.
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The body was identified as that of Uriostigue, of the 2400 block of West Polk Street in the Lawndale neighborhood, according to Natalia Derevyanny, a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner’s offfice. The Jewel-Osco property is adjacent to the North Branch, about a half-mile northwest of where Uriostigue’s body was found.
Uriostigue was discovered unresponsive in the water, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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