Law enforcement officials have identified the deceased person recovered on May 10 from Lake Michigan off of Central Beach as a Chicago man reported as missing to Stone Park, Illinois, police in January.

The identity of Adan Carrera Sanches, 20, was made by Indiana Conservation Officers and the Porter County Coroner’s Office, with the assistance of the Indiana State Police Forensic Services Section, according to a Friday release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division.

At the request of investigators, the Indiana State Police Indianapolis Regional Laboratory compared DNA from the deceased person to a family member, positively identifying Sanches.

Indiana Conservation Officers made the request after confirming with investigators from the Stone Park Police

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