Missing Chicago pastor's body pulled from Des Plaines River near Joliet

ROCKDALE, Ill. (CBS) — The body of a missing Chicago pastor was pulled from the Des Plaines River near Joliet on Tuesday, a week after he went missing.

Pastor Warren Beard, 53, went missing while visiting a friend in Joliet last week. He was last seen on July 2.

The Rockdale Fire Department was called to the scene of the submerged car around 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Officers from multiple police agencies were at the scene about 150 yards west of Brandon Road in Rockdale.

Representatives from the Brandon Road Locks shared a video of a car traveling south on Brandon Road on July 2. The car was seen leaving the roadway and falling into the water a little before 11 p.m. that night.

Fire officials said the bridge was up at the time the car went into the water. It was small enough to have driven under the bridge through a gap.

The car was eventually recovered and identified as Beard's car.

Beard's family said they had not heard from him since July 2. It was believed he was last seen in Joliet in the 400 block of North Broadway Street, not far from the Des Plaines River.

Beard was an assistant pastor at New Israelite Missionary Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side.

He was visiting a friend in Joliet. His wife said she expected him home after visiting since he had work the next day.