PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — A Chicago man was depressed and lonely the day after his 40th birthday when he led police on a high-speed chase that ended in tragedy, according to sources.
Joseph Rabaca, 40, was found dead in a Pleasant Prairie pond Saturday morning, on March 16.
Pleasant Prairie Police responded shortly after 4:30 a.m. at the state line intersection of Russell Road and Delaney Road.
Lake County (Ill.) Sheriff’s Office terminated a chase involving a stolen vehicle traveling into Wisconsin. According to police, Rabaca fled after the vehicle crashed into a ditch.
Multiple law enforcement agencies searched the wooded area but were unable to find him.
Rabaca was later found dead in a Pleasant Prairie pond hours later after a local resident spotted what appeared to be a jacket floating in the pond.
The preliminary cause of death is drowning, according to Pleasant Prairie Police. Autopsy results are pending.
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