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The body of a second man was pulled Tuesday morning from a retention pond near Lynwood, police said.

Authorities have not positively identified the person, who was found more than a week after the body of 27-year-old Christopher Stone of Chicago Heights was recovered when a Pontiac sedan was hauled from the water on Dec. 19, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

But last week the family of a 26-year-old man feared he was in a car when it went off the road.

They identified that man as LeAndre Scott, 26.

Officials wouldn’t comment on whether Scott was the person they were searching for.

Davina Scott said her aunt had called with news that the person in the pond could be LeAndre Scott, the third of her five children and her first son.

Randal Wade, LeAndre Scott’s friend, said he believes he was one of the last people to see Scott alive on Sunday.

Arneikka and Michael Kelly, also Scott’s friends, said he worked at a retail store in Chicago Heights and at a moving supply operation in Hammond.

He attended Bloom Trail High School in Steger, making the honor roll. He graduated from the Job Corps program in Golconda, said Ford Heights resident Marian Clark, who helped raise LeAndre Scott from infancy.

Recovery efforts started after the car left the south side of Lincoln Highway east of Torrence Avenue and entered the frigid water at about 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 18, authorities said.

An investigation led to the possibility of a second person inside the vehicle when it crashed, Sheriff’s police said.

A witness to the crash told police a person surfaced in the water after the crash only to re-submerge, Lynwood Fire Chief John Cobb said last week.

Recovery crews returned to the pond with sonar equipment last week after pausing the search, Sheriff’s police said. More favorable weather conditions allowed firefighters to resume the effort.

Multiple fire departments assisted in the two days of work it took to drag the car, which was buried in silt, from 30 feet of freezing water in the Dr. Mary Woodland Reservoir.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Nick Swedberg is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.