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Northwestern doctoral student Peter Salvino is missing

Family, friends and police seek information on whereabouts of missing Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Ph.D. student
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The Chicago Police Department, which is leading the investigation, has stated that Peter Salvino was last seen at around 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18, near the 800 block of West Lill Avenue in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Northwestern University is asking its community to help locate a doctoral student, Peter Salvino, 25, who was reported missing Sunday by his family. University representatives are in contact with Peter’s family and share with his parents and friends their serious concern for his safety and overall well-being.

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Peter Salvino

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is leading the investigation, and CPD has stated that Salvino was last seen around 12:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, near the 800 block of West Lill Avenue in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Salvino was last known to have left a party in the 2400 block of North Geneva Terrace while wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and maroon pants.

Northwestern’s Police Department will support Chicago Police in their investigation efforts.

If you or someone you know has information that could help locate Salvino, CPD asks you to call (312) 744-8266. 

Salvino is a Ph.D. candidate in the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience program.

Northwestern encourages students, faculty and staff to use, and share, the resources below if you or someone in our community is in need of support.