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Missing University Of Illinois Student Found Dead: Report

PEORIA, IL — An 18-year-old University of Illinois student reported missing earlier this week was found Wednesday, according to reports citing Peoria police and the Peoria County coroner.

Shortly before 4 pm Wednesday, police were called to the 5500 block of North Graceland where an adult man was found unresponsive and not breathing. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

WCIA-TV in Champaign identified the man as Deven Lane, citing the Peoria County coroner. Lane, who was reported missing Monday, was last seen Friday around 9:30 pm in the 4500 block of North Sterling in Peoria, according to police.

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Police did not specify Lane’s cause of death.

The case remains under investigation.

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Missing University Of Illinois Student Found Dead: Report

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