BREAKING: The body of a 24-year-old Antioch man was recovered from the Des Plaines River Tuesday afternoon. He had been missing since Jan. 22.
A kayaker who was in the Des Plaines River last Friday saw a jacket along the shoreline that matched the description of the jacket Howe was last seen wearing, authorities said.
The divers were not able to resume their work until Tuesday afternoon due to unfavorable river conditions, authorities said. The Antioch resident was last seen on Saturday morning around 11 a.m. when he was involved in a car crash with another vehicle on I-94 near Route 176. After the accident, he walked away from his car and there have been no confirmed sightings of him since.Howe had been missing since Saturday, Jan. 22. At approximately 11 a.m.
The day of the crash, Howe’s parents used the location of their son's personal cellphone to find his car.