A body found Wednesday in Waukegan Harbor matched the description of a U.S. Navy service member who was reported missing last month, police said.
Officers conducting a traffic stop about 7 p.m. near the harbor were flagged down by utility workers, who said they saw what they thought was a body in the water, Waukegan police said.
Officials pulled the body to shore. The body and clothing matched the description of Seamus Gray, an 18-year-old Navy sailor who was reported missing March 21, police said.
The body has not been identified.
The Lake County coroner’s office has scheduled an autopsy for Thursday.
Gray was last seen on video leaving a bar on Genesee Street in Waukegan about 1:40 a.m. March 18, police have said.
Seamus Gray, 18, was last seen leaving a bar in Waukegan on March 18 He was reported missing March 21.
Waukegan police
He was described by police as 6-foot-3, weighing about 170 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a light pink/red long-sleeve pullover. Gray has tattoos on his left arm and a script tattoo on his ribcage.