UPDATE: The body recovered near from the North Branch of the Chicago River has been identified as Noah Enos, the 26-year-old man who went missing after attending a concert at The Salt Shed earlier this week. Find the latest updates here.
Police said a body was recovered from the North Branch Chicago River on Saturday morning, not far from The Salt Shed music venue, where a 26-year-old man went missing following a concert earlier this week.
The body was pulled from the river near the 1300 block of North Elston Avenue at around 9:45 a.m., and the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
The identity of the individual has yet to be released by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, pending an autopsy.
The discovery comes as loved ones of 26-year-old Noah Enos are pleading for his safe return after he never made it home following a concert at The Salt Shed Monday evening.
Enos' girlfriend, Nicole Wijs, told NBC Chicago her boyfriend went to the King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard concert with a coworker.
Enos texted her and sent her messages on Snapchat throughout the night, including a picture inside the venue. She said her last message from Noah was around 9 p.m. His phone died about an hour later.
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“They did review some of the footage and they saw him and his coworker walking around the venue at about 9:30 p.m. They said the show ended at 10 p.m. so there’s a 30 minute gap that they’re looking into to see maybe where he would have gone into the venue.”
Wijs said Noah’s coworker told her the two got separated as the show was ending. Family and friends have been posting his pictures and sharing the missing person flyer on social media to find him.
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“There have been people who post and contacted me saying they saw him at the concert,” she said.
While Chicago police are trying to piece together the timeline of events, Wijs said her boyfriend means the world to her. The two have been together for two years, but have known each other since middle school.
“Incredibly intelligent, charismatic, caring, wonderful person, wonderful boyfriend, wonderful dad to our two dogs,” she said. “Not the type of person that would up and leave without question, without an reason.”
Wijs said Noah had just started a new job at Frontier restaurant in Wicker Park. She told NBC Chicago he and his coworker went out for drinks at Big Star in Wicker Park before taking an Uber to the concert.
“I love you so much. I miss you. I’m sick and I’m crumbling without you,” she cried. “I’m scared. I’m so worried that you’re not safe, wherever you are that you’re not being taken care of and I just want to know that you’re okay—I want you home.”
