Police found a woman’s body in Starved Rock State Park Saturday morning while searching the area for a person missing since Jan. 30.
Seventy-three people from 11 agencies began the search Saturday after police received information that the missing person was possibly in the area of the state park, according to a release from Sgt. Robert Frazier from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police.
The woman’s body was found on a trail below Eagle Cliff and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:35 a.m., the release said.
Starved Rock State Park is located approximately 95 miles southwest of Chicago, near the town of La Salle, Ill., maps show.
The body has not been identified, and it is unknown at this time if the woman is the same missing person police had been searching for, Frazier said Saturday afternoon.
An autopsy will be conducted early next week, the release said.
DNR Conservation Police, Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services, and the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office are investigating, according to the release.
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