Body found in Aurora garage identified as 19-year-old man
The body found by a cleaning crew in an Aurora garage last week has been identified as a local man who was reported missing in July, officials say.
Investigators ultimately used dental records to identify the man as 19-year-old Brandon Page of Aurora, according to a news release from the Kane County coroner's office Tuesday evening.
Cleaners were preparing a home for sale at 11:42 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of Second Avenue when they discovered Page's decomposed body in the detached garage, according to a post on the Aurora Police Department's Facebook page Tuesday.
The coroner's office performed an autopsy Monday, but investigators needed the man's dental records to help identify him, the release said.
Page was reported missing with the Kane County Sheriff's Office sometime last month, Aurora Police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said. The cause of death is unknown and results from toxicology tests are not complete.
The Aurora Police Department's investigation is ongoing while officers follow up on several leads, Ferrelli said.
"We will continue to look into the leads, and we will see if it will lead to any people that are responsible for the reprehensible crime," he said.
Aurora police have been in contact with the property owners, but Ferrelli declined to comment whether investigators have spoken with the building's most recent tenants.
A couple in Bumpass, Virginia, is listed on the Kane County recorder and Aurora Township assessor's websites as the building's owner.
Ferrelli declined to comment on further details surrounding the investigation, including whether more than one person is suspected in Page's death, and if the 19-year-old knew the person or people responsible.
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