Body recovered from Detroit River believed to be missing Wyandotte man, police say

Police are investigating after a fisher found a body in the Detroit River in the waters just off John Dingell Park in Ecorse, Monday afternoon. 

Wyandotte police have not identified the person, who was pulled from the river around 1 p.m. Monday, or said how they died, but said the physical description and clothing match that of missing 25-year-old Tyler Bojanowski of Wyandotte. 

Authorities say that while they believe the body is that of Bojanowski, an identification is pending confirmation from the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office. 

Detectives have notified Bojanowski's family. 

Bojanowski was last seen on Feb. 5. At the time, investigators said Bojanowski's passport was found at Dingell Park. Bojanowski's truck was found on Enterprise Drive in Allen Park, where security video from a business showed him getting into a car crash.

Police have yet to release further details.

Bojanowski's aunt speaks out: "It doesn't feel real"

Christina Vail, Bojanowski's aunt, spoke with CBS News Detroit on Tuesday.

"It doesn't feel real. It feels like a lifetime ago when it happened, and it feels like it was just yesterday," said Vail.

Vail recalls the call Bojanowski's mom, Nicole, made back in February.

"There are no words that you can say to a mom when something like this is happening," said Vail.

Like many, Vail searched for Bojanowski. She says people she and his family hadn't seen in years volunteered to look for him.

"It was gutting that the area we had been by so many times. We walked back and forth. He was right there. We didn't know. We just didn't know," said Vail.

She added that she and Bojanowski's mom went to the park when they heard the news. She says she stayed by his mom's side to learn more from the police and that his mother was in complete shock.

"The words were, 'I can't believe this is happening. I don't know how I'm going to go on without him,'" said Vail.

But through the heartbreak, Vail says she is choosing to remember Bojanowski for the great man he was, a successful mechanic whose business was taking off.

"He would give you the shirt off his back and his last dollar. He was the best big brother, so remember him in that way," said Vail.

A candlelight vigil will be held at 7 p.m. at Dingell Park on Wednesday.