Heartbreaking update in case of missing Wisconsin father

A missing Wisconsin antheral died successful a Chicago-area crash, it has been revealed.

Ben Oberto, 45, had vanished Wednesday night, past seen leaving a edifice successful Crystal Lake conscionable earlier 9pm connected Wednesday.

The vino seller had been successful municipality for a enactment appointment, and helium had told his woman implicit the telephone however helium would beryllium location successful clip to enactment their lad to bed.

However, that was not the lawsuit - and helium ne'er showed. A monolithic interstate search ensued - 1 lasting much than 60 hours.

Police managed to way the man's telephone to Rosemont, wherever helium was recovered Friday morning.

There, troopers from the New Berlin Police Department, with assistance from Illinois State Police, pulled the dad-of-two from an overturned Subaru Impreza recovered submerged successful a section creek.

Once retrieved, the assemblage was positively identified arsenic Oberto.

As it stands, the vino representative's car appears to beryllium the lone 1 involved, arsenic Oberto's woman issued a connection explaining what she and constabulary who probed the man's past moments believe had happened.

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'The quality I person to stock is not what immoderate of america privation to hear,' wrote 38-year-old New Berlin resident Laura Leatherberry successful a station to Facebook.

'Early this morning, we received confirmation that Ben’s car and assemblage were found.'

She went connected to recount: 'On Wednesday, November 13th, astatine astir 9:47 pm, Ben’s car near the freeway arsenic helium navigated a challenging crook towards location connected a dark, rainy, and foggy night. 

'He did not past the accident,' she added.

Statements from constabulary said much of the same, with some the New Berlin Police and Illinois State Police confirming Oberto died aft his conveyance veered disconnected the 'challenging' agelong of freeway his woman had been referring to.

The roadworthy successful question, the I-90 eastbound ramp to I-294 northbound adjacent Chicago's O'Hare Airport, has a pronounced curve, photos show.

The clang is presently nether investigation, cops successful Illinois said - with each departments progressive categorizing it arsenic a 'single-vehicle accident.'

The car is believed to person overturned astatine the bottommost of the embankment, earlier going implicit the median and ending up submerged successful the creek below.

Cops were seen astatine the country precocious Friday - arsenic divers worked relentlessly to retrieve the body.

Leatherberry, successful turn, wrote hours later: 'I don’t yet person the words to genuinely explicit the heavy sorrow I’m experiencing, but you merit to cognize the information and not hold successful agony anymore.

'These past 60+ hours of searching, wondering, and warring to find my hubby has been excruciating, but the overwhelming emotion and enactment from our family, friends, and assemblage has helped maine done this,' she continued.

'Together, we volition get done this too.'

She and cops were capable to portion unneurotic his last moments acknowledgment to operation of accusation garnered from tolls and information from his iPhone that pinged him successful Rosemont adjacent the airport.

Officers went connected to discern the traveling salesmen ne'er got connected immoderate flights, and that his telephone had gone dead.

Police proceeded to expanse the country lone to find nary signs of Oberto - nor his car, his phone, oregon immoderate reports of his assemblage being brought to a section morgue oregon hospital. 

Eventually, much than 2 days into the search, cops came crossed the submerged Subaru. 

'Ben was not conscionable my husband; helium was a loving father, a cherished son, a caring brother, and a existent person to truthful many,' Leatherberry wrote, aft being interviewed by stations specified arsenic CBS News arsenic officers looking into her spouse's disappearance.  

'His vibrant spirit, loving heart, and unmatched generosity near an indelible people connected each beingness helium touched.

'As we mourn this profound loss, fto america besides observe the emotion and joyousness helium brought into our lives.

'Thank you from the depths of my bosom for your enactment and kindness during this unimaginably hard time.'

Oberto's company, New York City-based vino importer Massanois LLC, besides issued a connection successful effect to his passing, 

'It is with a dense bosom that we constitute to pass you that Ben Oberto, portion driving location to his family, passed distant successful a tragic car mishap connected Wednesday, November 13th,' it read. 

'Our hearts spell retired to his wife, Laura; his children Collette and Augie; and his contiguous family. 

'Ben’s levity, kindness, and enthusiasm volition beryllium dearly missed by his friends and colleagues. 

'We look guardant to gathering to observe Ben’s beingness together, with some tears and laughter, arsenic we mourn his loss.'