A few weeks apart, the bodies of a couple from Illinois were found in Lake Michigan. Both had disappeared since April.
People confirmed that they are the bodies of two students from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The last time Daniel Sotelo, of 26 years old, and his girlfriend Natally Brookson, of 22, were seen in the past 30 of April.
After not being able to communicate with either of them by phone for several days, her friends reported her disappearance.
The last time the young woman was seen, she was leaving her job in Friedman Place, a community for blind adults.
While the young man was at the Roosevelt Red Line stop near Roosevelt Road and State Street, near the UIC campus, the last time he was seen with life.
Sotelo had been left there by a roommate, who commented that the now deceased was heading north .
On May 2, the remains of Natally Brook They were found in Lake Michigan. The young woman was a psychology student with honors.
A few weeks later, on 22 May, the body of Daniel Sotelo was also found on said lake, near Wilmette, a town in Cook County, Illinois.
The 26 year old was a few days away from graduating with a master’s degree in Organic Chemistry.
There is no exact information on how long they had been a couple.
Consulted by People, the communications director of the Cook County Administration Office, Natalia Derevyanny, pointed out that the cause and the The partner’s form of death “is pending at this time”.
Some GoFundMe campaigns have been opened to cover the funeral expenses of the young people. A page has been opened for each of them.