A body pulled out of Lake Michigan near
Promontory Point Park on Sunday, May 8, has
been identified as a medical student who had
been missing for more than two weeks
28-year-old Ambrose Monye was a fourth-year
medical student at the University of Guadalajara
in Mexico and was on a two-year rotation at
Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Centre in
Chicago.
He was last seen on April 21, walking towards
the University of Chicago’s John Crerar Library, a
medical research library at 5730 S. Ellis Av.
Family members say Monye’s disappearance
was strange because he was preparing to
graduate in a few weeks. His younger brother
said all the lights were on at Monye’s apartment,
and the refrigerator was full of groceries when
police went to check on him after he was
reported missing.
“He’s just four weeks from his goal. His tickets
to graduation are already bought for the
ceremony. He ordered his cap and gown and
everything,” Joseph Monye , (pictured) Ambrose’s
younger brother, told Dateline NBC before he was
found. “I still have hope that my brother is out
there, but it’s hard to be optimistic since it’s
been so long.”
“He frequents the coffee shops in the Hyde Park
neighborhood,” Chicago Police Department
spokeswoman Officer Laura Amezaga told
NewsOne
On May 8, a body was discovered at 5400 S.
Lake Shore Drive. It took a few days, but the
body was identified as that of Monye, Chicago
Police Department spokeswoman Officer Nicole
Trainor told NewsOne.
“He has been identified and now it’s a death
investigation,” Trainor said. “It’s an investigation
to determine the cause of the death.”
Trainor said it’s unclear if foul play was involved,
or even when Monye’s body entered the lake. If
any sort of foul play is discovered, the death
investigation would become a homicide
investigation.
Joseph Monye, also a medical student, said he
last spoke to his brother just before his
disappearance and nothing seemed out of the
ordinary. Monye was a quiet and soft-spoken
athlete who was interested in pursuing a career
in cardiology.
The brothers are from outside of Baltimore, and
come from a family of doctors. Joseph said their
lives revolved around studying and more
studying.
come from a family of doctors. Joseph said their
lives revolved around studying and more
studying.
“That’s literally all we do, because we don’t want
to encounter any kind of problems, so we just
keep to ourselves. We focus on our studies, and
mind our business, and it’s odd enough this
happened,” Joseph said.
A cause of death has not yet been determined.
Source: News One/ Fox News
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