CHICAGO — A body found Tuesday in a Chicago harbor has been identified as that of a Northwestern University student who went missing after leaving a weekend party, authorities said.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said it had identified the body as that of 25-year-old Peter Salvino. His body was found Tuesday afternoon by Chicago Police Department divers in Diversey Harbor, a waterway that's adjacent to Lake Michigan.
Chicago police said Salvino was last seen leaving a party late Saturday in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Police said he FaceTimed with a friend at 11:59 p.m. Saturday and said he was walking to his apartment and was about a half-mile away. The friend called him again about 15 minutes later to confirm he arrived home, but Salvino said he was still walking.
Salvino's cellphone pinged a location near Diversey Harbor at 12:31 a.m. Sunday and about six minutes later Salvino's friend called him again to see if he had gotten back, but the call went unanswered, police said.
Salvino was a doctoral candidate in Northwestern’s interdepartmental neuroscience program.
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