Chicago police are asking for the public's help to locate Peter Salvino, a 25-year-old doctoral student at Northwestern University who was last seen Saturday night in Lincoln Park, authorities said.
Salvino left a party in the 2400 block of North Geneva Terrace at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, according to family. He last made contact with a friend through FaceTime about a half-hour later.
In a statement, a family spokesperson explained Salvino talked to a friend via FaceTime 11:59 p.m. and said that he was walking to his apartment in the 800 block of West Lill Avenue and was about a half-mile away. That friend called again at 12:15 a.m. to confirm that Salvino had arrived home, but the 25-year-old said he was still walking to his residence.
At 12:31 a.m., Salvino's phone pinged a location near Diversey Harbor, the family spokesperson said. Then, at 12:37 a.m., the friend called again to confirm Salvino had gotten home, but the call went unanswered. Several friends sent text messages to his phone between then and 9:30 a.m., the spokesperson said, adding the messages were successfully delivered to his phone but unanswered. At approximately 9:45 a.m., all calls went straight to voicemail and all text messages went undelivered.
Salvino, who is approximately 6 feet tall, was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and maroon pants at the time of his disappearance. The above photo of Salvino was taken the night he disappeared, as was the following photo:
Anyone with information or surveillance footage is asked to contact the Area Three Special Victims Unit at 312-744-8266.
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