May 12--The body of a man pulled from Lake Michigan on Sunday has been officially identified as missing medical student Ambrose Monye, officials said.
Monye's body was found in the water near the 5400 block of South Lake Shore Drive and pronounced dead on the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy Monday was inconclusive about the cause and manner of his death, and more studies were being conducted, according to the medical examiner's office.
Police initially said Monye, 28, a medical student at a university in Guadalajara, Mexico, was last seen April 21 in the area of Jackson Park Hospital at 7531 S. Stony Island Ave. On Wednesday, they released an updated missing person bulletin saying he was last seen April 22 in the area of 55th Street and Lake Park Avenue.
Monye's brother Joseph said the last time he heard from him, the pair talked about their clinical rotations at Jackson Park Hospital on April 21. Ambrose Monye had given his younger brother, who is also a student at the Guadalajara university, advice on the internal medicine rotation.
Ambrose Monye was finishing up his rotations and was getting ready to graduate next month from the medical school, according to his brother, who reported him missing April 24. Ambrose had already bought tickets to his graduation that is taking place in about four weeks.
"He was excited for graduation," Joseph Monye said. "There was no reason to think anything was going on."
