Nobel Prize winner Ei-ichi Negishi, 82, was transported to a
local hospital for treatment after he was spotted walking near
Rockford, Illinois, at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, the Ogle County
Sheriff's Department officials said in a written statement.
Deputies later found the couple's car and the body of his wife,
Sumire Negishi, at the nearby Ochard Hills Landfill, the
sheriff's department said. Rockford is about 100 miles west of
Chicago.
An autopsy was pending on the body of Sumire Negishi but foul
play was not suspected in her death, the sheriff's department
said. No information was released on the condition of Ei-Ichi
Negishi.
The couple was reported missing to the Indiana State Police at
about 8 p.m. central time on Monday. They were last seen at
their home in West Lafayette, near the Purdue University campus
where Ei-Ichi is a professor of chemistry.
The scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2010.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Michael Perry)
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