CHICAGO (TIP): 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, February 18 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.