Search for missing man leads to body in lake

WCBU | By Associated Press

Published March 6, 2015 at 6:00 PM CST

Authorities in central Illinois say a body found in a frozen lake in an Urbana park is that of a missing Chicago man.
The Champaign County Coroner's Office said the body of 23-year-old Christian Zamora was found in Crystal Lake on Friday. No autopsy is scheduled.
Zamora was a recent University of Illinois graduate. He was reported missing on New Year's Eve.
Authorities searched the lake not far from the university campus using a sonar device. They previously searched Crystal Lake in early February.Zamora's friends say they last saw him walking to a grocery in Champaign on New Year's eve. Surveillance camera footage later showed him near the lake.

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