Crime & Safety
The Body of Missing Crestwood Man Found in Palos Heights Lake
James Sylvester, 21, has been missing since last week. Rescue crews found him, along with a Honda Civiic, according to the Cook County Sheriff's office. New Lenox dive teams joined in the search.
Sylvester had been missing since March 27, police said. His body was found along with a Honda Civic in Arrowhead Lake, located near 135th Street and Harlem Avenue in Cook County forest preserve land.
Dive teams from Orland, Palos, Palos Heights, New Lenox and Peotone fire departments and districts are working on scene, as well as Cook County Forest Preserve Police.
For more information about the search in Arrowhead Lake and the hundreds of volunteers that worked for days in the hope of finding Sylvester, visit Oak Lawn Patch.
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Law enforcement agencies earlier in the week searched secluded areas in the Southwest suburbs, including parts of Will County.
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