[PHOTO] Body Found In Lake Michigan In US Identified As Missing Nigerian Medical Student, Ambrose Monye

A body pulled from Lake Michigan has been identified as a missing Nigerian medical student Ambrose Monye, who disappeared weeks before his graduation, Chicago police said.

A spokeswoman with the Chicago Police Department said the cause and manner of death are under investigation. Monye’s body was found Saturday morning and is thought to have been in the water for an extended period of time, according to investigators.

Monye, 28, was last seen around 7 p.m. on May 13. He attended Guadalajara University in Mexico but was in Chicago completing his clinical rotations at Jackson Park Hospital before his graduation on June 1.

No one had seen or heard from Monye since then — and the family told FoxNews.com there had been no activity on his cellphone, credit cards or email since he disappeared.

Monye had purchased his cap and gown and told his family he wanted to be a cardiologist, according to his younger brother.

Joseph Monye, also a medical student, described his brother last week as soft-spoken and friendly and said he was “always in communication” with his three siblings and parents, who live in Glenn Dale, Md.

“We’re a pretty tight-knit family,” said 25-year-old Joseph, also a medical student at Guadalajara University, who, like his brother, was studying in Chicago.
“My mom doesn’t go for two days without talking to us,” he said.

Joseph Monye said he entered his brother’s locked studio apartment at around 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, after he didn’t respond to a text message sent the previous night.