PEORIA, Ill. — Bones found in August 2020 along the banks of the Illinois River have been identified as a man missing since November of 2019.
The Peoria County Coroner’s Office and the Illinois State Police Forensic Lab conducted autopsies on the remains, including bones and teeth.
They were identified Wednesday as those of 21-year-old Jon’Perry L. Hutcherson, missing since Nov. 27, 2019.
He was last seen near his apartment in the 700 block of NE Adams.
His cause of death was under investigation.
