Coroner IDs Round Lake Man Found Dead In Pratt's Wayne Woods

WAYNE, IL — A Round Lake man who was found dead with gunshot wounds in Pratt's Wayne Woods Thursday has been identified as Francisco Zavala Farfan, 26, according to the DuPage County Coroner's Office.

A DuPage Forest Preserve District police officer and an investigator found Farfan's body roughly 30 feet from the side of Munger Road after his body was spotted by someone in a nearby horse stable. "Fresh tire tracks" were visible near the scene, according to a news release.

“According to law enforcement sources, the man had suspected gang affiliations and had been missing since Jan. 3,” DuPage Forest Preserve District Police Chief David Pederson said in the news release.

Members of DuPage County's Metropolitan Emergency Response and Investigation Team (MERIT) is working with the forest preserve police and the coroner's officer to conduct the ongoing investigation.

Pederson told Patch no further information or comments were available on Monday morning.