“He was loved deeply and will be missed by many,” said John Pisano Jr.’s family
NEED TO KNOW
- A body found in a car submerged in an Illinois retention pond in September 2025 has been identified as John Pisano Jr.
- The Army veteran and father disappeared in 2001 when he was 39 years old, according to his obituary
- Divers discovered his remains while searching for another missing person in Hodgkins
A body found in an Illinois pond last year has been identified as a man who disappeared nearly 25 years ago.
Divers found the body inside a car submerged in a retention pond in Hodgkins in September 2025, according to ABC affiliate WLS and a post shared by the Illinois Missing Persons Facebook page.
Chaos Divers, the group that located the body, announced in a Monday, May 18, Facebook post that the remains have been identified as John Pisano Jr…