UPDATED 3:18 P.M.
PEORIA, Ill. — A man who police reported as missing on Monday was found dead Tuesday afternoon near Peoria High School.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 54-year-old Von Fitzpatrick was found dead near the intersection of N. Sheridan Road and W. Nebraska Avenue, close to where he was last seen about week ago.
Peoria Police said Fitzpatrick was last seen alive about 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2 in the 1800 block of N. Sheridan Road.
The coroner says there was no sign of trauma, but an autopsy confirms the cause of death as “prolonged cold exposure outside.”
He says there were no signs of foul play.
