Missing man found dead in Chicago River in Lincoln Park

Authorities were called at 8:41 a.m. about reports of a person in the water in near the 1500 block of West Webster Avenue.

A man reported missing last week after going to a Lincoln Park grocery store was found dead in the Chicago River less than half a mile away Tuesday.

Authorities were called at 8:41 a.m. about reports of a person in the water in near the 1500 block of West Webster Avenue, according to Chicago police.

Police and fire department divers pulled 22-year-old Esteban Uriostigue from the water and he was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

His body was found a few blocks away from the Jewel-Osco where he was last seen before being reported missing last week.

Area North detectives are investigating the death.

The FBI, at the request of the Chicago Police Department, remains involved in the investigation, an FBI spokeswoman said. She did not provide additional details about the case.