Overview
- Local police and Lake County Forest Preserve officers began a focused water search after a credible tip placed a missing person in the Des Plaines River area.
- Libertyville Fire Department led a non‑emergency, specialized search that concentrated on Lake Minear and river channels where a canoe launch and trail provide access.
- Responders used aerial observation and deployed a drone, and crews planned to employ sonar equipment to scan Lake Minear during the operation.
- Officials recovered the body of a man along the shoreline and have not released his identity or the circumstances of his death, offering condolences to his family.
- Water searches typically combine boats, shore teams, aerial assets, drones and sonar to locate people or evidence, and investigators will use those findings to guide next steps in the inquiry.