The coroner in Henry County has identified a person found dead Friday in a rural area west of the city as a Kewanee man who had been missing for over a week.
Catrelle Reed, 39, was found dead on May 30 after a citizen who was helping the Kewanee Police Department, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police in a search discovered the body.
An autopsy conducted by the Henry County Coroner’s Office identified the body as Reed and notified his family members.
Kewanee police said Reed was last seen on May 22 at 2 p.m. His car had been parked in an alley in near his house, with a concerned resident finding the vehicle and notifying police.
Crime scene investigators said that after combing through license plate reader data and surveillance footage, they found the vehicle had been driven on May 23 between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., less than a day after he was last seen.
The investigation into Reed’s death remains ongoing. Anyone with further information on this case is asked to contact Kewanee police at (309) 853-1911, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office at (309) 937-3911 or Illinois State Police at (309) 752-4915.
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Body found in rural area identified as missing Kewanee man
Reporting by Zach Roth, Peoria Journal Star / Journal Star
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