PEORIA Remains found last year in the Illinois River were confirmed Thursday to be those of Jon Perry L. Hutcherson, who went missing in Peoria in 2019.
Hutcherson was last seen on Nov. 27, 2019, after leaving his apartment in the 700 block of Northeast Adams Street.
Nine months later, bones were found on the bank of the Illinois River near Glasford, and additional remains were found nearby after a search.
An initial examination indicated those remains did not match those of anyone missing locally.
But after a variety of examinations, including DNA testing, they were positively identified Wednesday as belonging to Hutcherson, the Peoria Police Department, Peoria County Sheriff s Department and Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said in a joint news release.
Illinois River remains ID ed as missing Peorian Jon Perry Hutcherson
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