Man Missing For 2 Months Found Dead In Fox River: Police

ELGIN, IL — A 53-year-old man who has been missing since November was found dead near a dam on the Fox River in Elgin on Tuesday, authorities said.

At about 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, the Elgin Fire Department responded to the area of the Fox River near the 100 block of North Center Street in South Elgin to assist the South Elgin Fire Department after they received information that a dead person was located near the dam, according to a news release from the police department.

Authorities removed the body from the river, and an autopsy was conducted by the Kane County Coroner’s Office.

The coroner identified the person as Ulises “Miguel” Segura Dorantes, 53, who had been reported as missing to the Elgin Police Department on November 29.

The coroner has determined the preliminary cause of death to be drowning. Toxicological samples were collected and sent to a forensics laboratory for analysis, according to police.