The coroner’s office says an investigation continues into what caused the death of a man found in a wooded area after he went missing from Vista Medical Center in Waukegan.
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. last 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.
Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Steve Newton said this week that a cause and manner of death have not been ruled yet.
The coroner’s office is awaiting toxicology results and other medical studies to help make the findings. No obvious signs of trauma were noted on Calvert during the autopsy.
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.