FISH LAKE (AP) — Authorities say a body found in a northwest Indiana pond has been identified as a Chicago man who family members say had been missing for weeks.
WSBT-TV reports the La Porte County coroner has identified the man as 47-year-old Joseph Clopton of Chicago. He went missing in mid-December.
Family members and friends searched his Chicago neighborhood for him. Authorities say he was found near Fish Lake in Indiana outside a bait shop.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
