Overview

• A company conducting sonar scans located a submerged vehicle at Waukegan Harbor around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday and alerted authorities.
• Responders recovered the vehicle with an adult male in the driver’s seat who was still belted in.
• Officials say the vehicle matches information from a 2024 missing-person report, pending confirmation.
• An autopsy was conducted Wednesday, but the victim’s identity and cause of death have not been released.
• Authorities indicated the vehicle and occupant had likely been in the water for an extended period, and the investigation by Waukegan police and the Lake County Coroner’s Office continues.