The coroner has positively identified a body found in a wooded area in Waukegan on Wednesday as the man who went missing from Vista Medical Center in Waukegan earlier this month.
The Waukegan Police Department was conducting a missing persons search in the area of Greenwood Avenue near the Amstutz Expressway.
Officers located a deceased male in a wooded area north of the intersection.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office was notified around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday of the discovery and responded to the scene.
Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said the body was positively identified as Edward Calvert, 61, of Waukegan.
An autopsy was performed Thursday morning at the coroner’s office but officials have not released the preliminary findings.
Police were searching for Calvert, who was last seen around 1 p.m. on May 2 leaving Vista Medical Center East, located at 1324 North Sheridan Road in Waukegan.
The man’s sister, Earlene Hayes-Langston, told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that her brother was being treated at the hospital.
He had just been released and was sitting in the waiting room for a ride but left the hospital before the ride arrived.
Calvert walked eastbound from the hospital toward Sheridan Road and had not been seen since.
Calvert was considered endangered as he suffered from epilepsy and was confused when he spoke with family while he was at the hospital, Hayes-Langston said.
The Waukegan Police Department has not released any information on the case.