Jon Lacina search timeline
April 14, 2010
Jan. 22, around 9:30 p.m. — Jon Lacina is last seen leaving 300 Stanton Ave. “The last known electronic footprint” was recorded at 10:57 p.m.
Jan. 30 — Lacina’s father, Tom Lacina, reports Jon missing at 8:39 a.m. after he was unable to contact him. An ISU Alert is sent at 8 p.m.
Jan. 30-31 — Lake LaVerne was searched for the first time, and 110 trained searchers conducted ground searches around Campustown and Buchanan Hall. The Memorial Union, State Gym, Beyer Hall and greek houses were also searched.
Feb. 1 — After dusk Jan. 31, the search moved inside. Campus buildings — including maintenance rooms, service closets, elevators and steam tunnels — were searched, and outdoor searches continued in ditches and areas of heavy foliage. But, the focus of ISU Police shifted from searching to investigation. President Gregory Geoffroy issued a statement thanking local law enforcement and urging everyone to be on the lookout for anything suspicious.
Feb. 2 — Flyers are distributed in the Dean of Students Office, the Student Services Building and online.
Feb. 4 — Nightly vigils began underneath the Campanile.
Feb. 8 — A prayer meeting for Lacina is held in Grinnell. His parents write a letter of thanks and encouragement to the community.
Feb. 11 — Tom and Alesia Lacina offer a $10,000 reward for any information about Lacina’s whereabouts.
March 22 — Red wristbands reading, “Find Jon. Live fully,” were distributed, free of charge, in the College of Design Building and Buchanan Hall.
March 27 — Thirty local, county and Minnesota officials searched Lake LaVerne for more than six hours to rule out the possibility Lacina’s body was in the lake. Previous searches of the lake had been incomplete due to ice buildup.
April 14 — An ISU Police officer discovers the body of a deceased male inside the old Dairy Pavillion, near Mortensen Road and Highway 30 at 8:30 p.m.
April 15 — Joe Lacina, Jon’s brother, tells the Daily in an interview at 12:50 p.m. that the body police found was Lacina.
April 15 — State medical examiner confirms that the body is in fact Lacina at 3:45 p.m.
April 26 — Lacina’s family and friends reflect on his life in an article in the Daily.
May 13 — A pathologist in the State Medical Examiner’s Office goes on record saying foul play is not suspected in Lacina’s death.
June 30 — Official autopsy results are released saying Jon probably died of hypothermia and the Lacina family issues a statement.
Aug. 3 — The Lacina family issued a statement to answer lingering questions surrounding Jon’s death.