CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Bolingbrook man reported missing in 2022 has been found dead in Chicago, Oswego police said on Tuesday.
Oswego police said Edward Gardner's family reported the then-21-year-old missing on March 14, 2022. He was last seen in Chicago on March 13, 2022.
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Two weeks later, on March 29, 2022, Gardner's rented white Dodge Charger was involved in a crash in Hammond, Indiana. The people who were inside the Charger ran from the crash scene. Police do not believe Gardner was there.
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Oswego police said Gardner's body was found on March 20 in the Englewood neighborhood's 6000-block of South Sangamon Street, but was just identified on Tuesday.
Oswego police said the investigation into Gardner's death is ongoing.