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.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here.
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.
