Missing SIU student from Morton Grove found dead

The search for a missing Southern Illinois University student from suburban Morton Grove has ended in heartbreak for family and friends after police said they found him dead in a wooded area Tuesday, nearly a week after he was last seen.

Police in downstate Carbondale said they found the body of Pravin Varughese at about 9:45 a.m. He had last been seen around 11 p.m. Feb. 12 leaving a party about three miles from where his body was discovered.

Authorities said the 19-year-old sophomore and criminal justice major had walked into the wooded area on the eastern edge of town after getting into a “dispute” with someone at the party. That man was attempting to drive Varughese home when the dispute started, police said.

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