Updated, 6:22 p.m. CST, Friday, Nov. 14
A search of Lake Michigan related to the disappearance of freshman Trevor Boehm yielded no results, a university spokesman said Friday.
The Chicago Police Department joined forces with the Coast Guard on Friday morning, using submersible cameras in searches around the Lakefill are for links to Boehm’s disappearance. Boehm has been missing since November 5.
According to Vice President for University Relations Al Cubbage, “nothing has turned up,” and no further searches around the Lakefill were planned “at this time.”
The search for Boehm’s bicycle, described as a green Schwinn bike, is still going on.
“We continue to hope for a good outcome in difficult times,” Cubbage said.
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First posted, 2:05 p.m. CST, Thursday, Nov. 13
Last updated, 5:03 p.m. CST, Thursday, Nov. 13
Northwestern Police has found a jacket containing the Northwestern ID card, keys and cell phone of missing student Trevor Boehm on the North Campus shore on the rocks near Lake Michigan, the university said Thursday.
Police found the jacket around 11:30 a.m. this morning, after which “they searched for a couple hours, and didn’t find any indication of anything more,” Vice President for University Relations Al Cubbage said.
“There are no leads other than the materials found by the lake,” Cubbage added.
The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a search of the area.
The jacket was found in the rocky lake shore area on North Campus, just south of the lacrosse field, Cubbage said. The police had previously searched that area, but it was not until this morning when an officer was walking along the rocks that he found the jacket.
“Whether the jacket had been there all the time, or whether it had blown there, or how it got in there, we’re not sure,” Cubbage said.
Cubbage said authorities have been in constant contact with Boehm’s family, who have been in Evanston since this weekend.
“Obviously our thoughts are with his family,” Cubbage said, adding, “We continue to hope for the best.”
Cubbage said he was unaware of any new information regarding Boehm’s green Schwinn bicycle.
Read Northwestern’s statement below:
Statement from Alan K. Cubbage, vice president, University Relations, regarding Trevor J. Boehm
November 13, 2008
At approximately 11:30 a.m. today (Nov. 13), a Northwestern University Police Department officer found a jacket belonging to Trevor J. Boehm, a Northwestern University student who has been missing since late last week. The jacket, which contains Trevor’s Northwestern identification card, keys, cell phone and other personal property, was found among the rocks on the shore of Lake Michigan on Northwestern’s Evanston campus.
The University police contacted the Evanston Police Department, the Evanston Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard currently is conducting a search of the lake in that area.
The University continues to work with Trevor’s family, and our thoughts are with them at this time.
Chloe Benoist contributed to this report.