A massive ground search by more than 300 people failed to turn up any trace of a missing Plainfield woman, but it did turn up the remains of another person.
Plainfield Police Cmdr. Mike Altenhoff said the body of a 72-year-old man was discovered Saturday at 8500 Grove Rd. in unincorporated Kendall County. The death appeared to be a suicide, according to the Kendall County sheriff’s office.
Kendall County authorities would not identify the man because his family had not been notified of his death.
Altenhoff said the investigation into the disappearance of Lisa Stebic, 37, a mother of two, continues even though the field search of 4 square miles surrounding her Plainfield home has been completed.
Seventy-five professionals and 285 volunteers on Saturday searched fields and wooded areas around Stebic’s home in the 13200 block of Red Star Drive. On Friday, divers searched retention ponds near the home.
Stebic was last seen the evening of April 30. Her husband, Craig, told police he did not see her leave the house that day. The couple live together but are divorcing.
The Stebic family has offered a $20,000 reward.
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