Body of missing Chicago pastor recovered in Des Plaines River 

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Did go to Simeon H.S.? Because I think we were in grammar school together.

@@jazzkatt7083 Hyde Park

So very sorry that you lost your friend.

@@coreycokepolk9483did he used to work there too? I know him from some where

That area in Joliet is ridiculous to get around in with the road construction, one-way roads, bridges raised, barricades, dead-end streets. I’m not familiar with Joliet and had to get across the river to visit my LO in a nursing home. A 30-minute drive each way took me 90-minutes each way due to all the confusion. My GPS wasn’t working one day in May and I’m glad it was daylight because I could have easily ended up in the water had it been night. It was a horrible and aggravating drive and I felt trapped.

@@TiredEmpath that’s sounds awful. I always read my map before following gps because it is not always accurate. I’ve been through there but not enough to recall. But I do know it can get congested. Prob what happened in his case. There should be lit up signs.

@@skchrist1st704 Great points about lit signs and reading the map before you go. I did to “know” my route but the closed roads and raised bridges threw me off. There are still detours everywhere including some ramps for I-80 (if you can even find I-80). In my case I would take 53 straight south and head west across abridge, any open bridge, but with the closures and detours and GPS out that particular day, forget it! 😬

@@TiredEmpath I believe it. Good thing you didn’t take the wrong way! I just don’t understand how they would allow that to be open enough to drive a car into the river.

​@TiredEmpath that's scary 😨 the city seriously needs to do something about that..ive heard of accidents like thus before due to GPS giving non accurate directions

Prayers don’t work.

@@TellItLikeItIs1794 I feel bad for you because prayers work for me and many people I know ☺️

@@msalohakitty Ok. So next time when you choke on your food while eating, instead of performing a Heimlich maneuver on you, let people just pray for you and wait.

@@TellItLikeItIs1794 no hun you can pray as well as perform life saving measures it doesn’t have to be either or it can be both ☺️

PRAYERS DO WORK YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO PRAY!!!????

Yeah pray to an all knowing and all powerful god who could have stopped this man from drowning! In another video of a girl who survived a crash, someone said god was sending her a sign via the crash. Why does god's responsibility and control of incidents change depending on how tragic the aftermath is?

​@@arendelle6531God is not a genie. Take your anger and rational reasoning which isn't there and apply it to human beings who are full of error. That is the point of free will.

@@nekanostalgia1 what's the point of praying?

​@@arendelle6531 facts

​@@torcik you should be asking God these questions..He will answer everyone of them for you! Prayer is our speaking to God. Praise is our reverence and language to God and praise is our worship to God. When you love Him you just know🔥🙌🙏

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​@@SoCo_11207 Bro you talking to this female reporter like she knows who you are, cares what you think and is going to respond 🤣😏

I was thinking the same, she describes this like a movie narrator

RIP and condolences to the family. And Tia that blue against your melinated skin is stunning.

You a lame bro ain't nothing wrong with giving a person complements​@@danInRealife

My thoughts too. 👍👍

@@user-flagbaker I know that now.

Yea but you're not going to drive under a bridge gap ....

​@@annmarie164-tea exactly

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Yes! Lighting is bad.

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Rest in Peace Pastor Lord be with his Family

RIP.....CONDOLENCES TO THE DAMILY6

This for sure is eyebrow raising. A pastor visiting a friend, casino, ... Something seems off IJS!

@@kenyaepps4714this pastor has some explaining to give St. Peter. Poor guy RIP he was a human being at the end of the day.

There was a similar situation last year with a young lady driving in an unfamiliar area in the suburbs, at night and ended up driving into a pond. They had stories on the news of her family looking for her. After a couple of days her car was found completely submerged. There was a couple of incidents a few years ago of cars that drove into the Chicago River off of a dead end street. Driving at night in dark unfamiliar areas requires being extremely observant.

​@@jlv3x... A cop did the same thing. Drove in unfamiliar area at night and went right in the water.

RIP GOOD MAN, I'm so sorry 😢😢😢

I don’t know about Davis

The most horrible story I recall happened over a decade ago in Traverse City, Michigan. An anesthesiologist was taking her 7-yr-old daughter and three of the little girl's friends, to a show in the city. It was dark, cold, and raining that night. Dr. Gillooly did not see the sign indicating "boat ramp" and drove into the lake, killing all of them. Tragic accidents such as this one are really not that uncommon.

He was founded

He was driving in an unfamiliar area after hanging out with friends at a casino, so I won’t be surprised if he had alcohol in his system. Sounds like an accident and not intentional.

"founded"🙄...huh? AND you edited this?​@@barbarajackson6453

*found ​@@barbarajackson6453

He had no business at a casino anyway an he's a pastor, definitely was a false church, how you lead a congregation an gambling, rip.

LORD have mercy

I said that when I first heard of this case and I live in California. As soon as I saw his picture I knew he was visiting a man. They will find out a lot after that autopsy. He drove himself on that water though on purpose.

​@@queenbluntressspeaks2695You don't know that he drove into the water on purpose. Most of the time this happens, it's an accident.

@@queenbluntressspeaks2695baloney. The area where he went in the river is confusing and especially at night in the dark. He was unfamiliar with the area.

​@@queenbluntressspeaks2695How could you tell from seeing his picture ?

@@queenbluntressspeaks2695‼️he had drive around the barricades 🤔…& if he was going back to Chicago..why are you driving thru Joliet❓the casino is downtown Joliet not on the westside, where his car was clocked at…5 min before it was clocked in Rockdale.

Toxoligy report

​@@Landis_Grant*toxicology

He may have also taken his own life, sadly.

@@se_me1756probably lost money at the casino, the members money 💰 and can’t replace it.

His freind said they went to the casino so he may have been drunk just cuz he went to church Dont mean he had righteous lifestyle

@@TRACECTRACY-ll7fw Just because he went to a casino don't mean he was gambling or drinking. He was hanging out with his friends.

@@zemorakeller6725 or just having dinner with a friend.

What i was thinking ​@@TRACECTRACY-ll7fw

@@zemorakeller6725a pastor at a casino but he doesn’t drink or gamble? Hmmm 🤔

That must have been traumatic. I'm so glad you're safe.

I've had Google Maps lead me into some bad areas.

@@yolandawilson6619 Yes! Google maps does Not know how to detour around construction, like when Ottawa street is all tore up. I follow the detour signs of course but Google maps doesn’t avoid the next closed block. 😩

Wow, I’m glad everything turned out Ok for you and driving at night is a nightmare anyway especially somewhere your not familiar with, but I still can’t shake this bad feeling about it, the autopsy should tell us something

How old are you?

Great question

The news played the interview of his friend he visited in Joliet stating that Rev. Beard did say it was getting late and time to get going. He went to the bathroom, left the friend, returned thinking he forgot his phone, and left again as his friend watched him pull off in his car. His friend and pastor said Rev. Beard was his regular upbeat self. Why then would his friend have to follow Mr. Beard home? If something was off, wouldn't the friend notify his wife? Why would Rev. Beard not call his own wife, pastor or older sons? How did the friend or any one else suspicious get the car through all those barricades and into the water without being seen in the footage yet with Mr. Beard in the driver's seat! You think the offender/s were that desperate to play around in dark dirty cold river water to switch his body into the driver's seat and then swim away!?? Of course this is not adding up-. a church man in a murky river for 7 days is unbelievable and confusing to everyone!?

Me too, that’s what I was thinking too especially coming from the casino, hopefully the autopsy will tell something

Praying because I'm feeling the same way

Me tooo !​@@alysebarton8840

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Stop with the conspiracy theories

@@TheloniousJackson u sound slow nothing normal about this

Huh, WHO SAID HE DRINKS, HELL I'M SHOCKED HE WAS AT THE CASINO? I HOPE HE DIDN'T. WHY IS HIS FRIEND WITH HIM GAMBLING SHOULD BE EVERYONE'S QUESTION AS WELL? DANG...NO RESPECT FOR THE DEAD MAN.🤨

DONT USE GODS holy name as a curse word!!!

​@@VAULT865I'm surprised that you're surprised he was at the casino. Many in the church go to casino and drink. Churches charter buses to the casino. Many church leaders condone drinking. I'm not sure he was doing it but it is a possibility.

@@nbruner111 WHY are you surprised? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH.My PASTOR DOES NOT DRNIK NOR GAMBLE.

​@@VAULT865Jesus turned water into wine. The disciples casted lots to see who God chose. The Bible says don't be drunk not don't drink. See related scriptures below. Acts 1:26 King James Version (KJV)And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Ephesians 5:18 says, And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; I don't drink or gamble but also don't condemn those that do...I encourage them to leave alcohol and gambling alone because it can lead to addiction.

Casino and drinking!!! Present your body a living sacrifice Holy and acceptable unto God

@juelz713 right 🤔

He was there to save the lost souls

Probably ladies of the night as well. 💅

Must go where the sinners are in order to convert them.

Sadly could be.

Please just stop it. He was dealing with road closures, barricades up, bridges shut, dead end streets, Ottawa Street tore up, detours, enough to make getting around Joliet very hard at night.

​@@TiredEmpathlord Jesus today

@@TiredEmpath or another man

@@helenrosenthal5559 No.

There are multiple possibilities.

Yes, anything could have happened

If a pastor lives a life of sin, he was not chosen and he is not a pastor, he would be called a false prophet.

Real God sent preachers don't go to casinos, that goes against God's teaching an has no place if your truly living a life for God.

⁠@@user-zz4vi1xv6z “A life of sin”. Judging others isn’t your place. Quoting bible verses doesn’t mean diggley squat. God and Jesus have no religion in the hereafter; religion is manmade. You have no right to judge anyone. Jesus would puke at the prejudice, hate, resentment, malice and judgment the “religious” have. Shame on you.

@KohalaLover The Bible also says judge your brother righteously, when your of christ your supposed to make a difference in the way you live, you can't call yourself a man of God an you still going out to clubs , drinking, smoking, shacking up with your girlfriend, that's not how it works, pastors need to step down when they're acting this way.

​@@KohalaLoverwrong wrong wrong if you continue rejecting God. God will reject you and give you over to a reprobate mind. Sounds like you're condemned already

Did he know the area ? Was it dark? I was waiting for his pal to say if he seemed happy

The casino was a major red flag for me.

He didn’t know the area. He was driving after hanging out with friends at a casino, so I wouldn’t be surprised if toxicology shows alcohol was in his system.

All scenarios are possible.

Hopefully he hadn't been drinking at the casino...

Have you reported him missing to police?

Whats his name?

WHY? STOP GOSSIPING. ITS VILE.

Right, because at the press conference yesterday the pastor was speaking about him as in past tense like he already knew he dead .