The body of missing student Peter Salvino (left) was discovered in Lake Michigan on Tuesday night (Picture: Facebook/Fox32Chicago)
The body of a missing PhD student was pulled out of the waters of Lake Michigan on Tuesday days after he disappeared.
Peter Salvino, 25, disappeared after leaving a party on Saturday night. He was a third year student in a neuroscience PhD program at Northwestern University.
According to his family, Salvino spoke to a friend using FaceTime that night around 12am. The same friend called back again around 12.15am, and Salvino was still walking to his apartment.
Around 12.40, Salvino’s friend called back again to see if he had arrived home safely. This time, he didn’t answer.
Peter Salvino studied neuroscience at Northwestern University in Chicago (Picture: Facebook/Fox32Chicago)
Investigators reviewed security camera footage from the neighborhood that show Salvino ate at a local restaurant before the party, but are still looking for recordings that show his walk home.
Several friends and family members tried to contact Salvino on Sunday morning, but the messages continued to go unanswered. Around 9.45 that morning, messages and calls to Salvino’s phone began failing to deliver.
His family filed a missing person report when they realized he never returned home to his apartment.
Salvino’s body was recovered on Tuesday evening around 5.15pm. Chicago Police confirmed it was the missing student.
Diversey Harbor is located about 1 mile northwest of the party Salvino attended on Saturday night – the opposite direction of his apartment in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Salvino’s father Martin said that their family was ‘both shattered and relieved’ at the news on Tuesday night. The family has requested privacy at this time.
Northwestern University said the school was ‘deeply saddened’ by the news, and offered condolences to Salvino’s friends and family.
‘This is an incalculable loss,’ said Dr. Lucas Pinto, who Salvino worked a research assistant for at Northwestern. ‘All of us who knew Peter know how effortlessly brilliant he was. But what we will truly miss is his endless kindness, humbleness and generosity with his time and intellect.’
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Peter Salvino disappeared after leaving a party on Saturday night.
