DIXMOOR, Ill. (CBS) — A missing man from Chicago was found dead on the side of the road in the southern suburbs Wednesday—family members said they made the gruesome discovery.
The family of Aaron Neal has been searching for the 24-year-old ever since he went missing Saturday. On Wednesday afternoon, his family said they found his body on the side of the road in Dixmoor.
Neal’s family was torn apart after they said the search for him came to a devastating end near the Dixmoor Playfield.
“And I’d seen family members on the left side of the road, running, and they were screaming: ‘We found him! We found him! We found him!'” said family friend Brandy Martin.
Martin helped organize the search for Neal. She even posted daily updates of the efforts to find the 24-year-old.
“They started searching on Monday,” Martin said.
Martin said several shell casings were found on Thornton Road near Ashland Avenue—not far from where they say Neal’s body was discovered.