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12-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Into Willow Springs Campground Lake

Investigators from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office are determining the cause of death following recovery by a North Palos Fire Department dive team.

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Overview

  • One of the brothers slipped at the water’s edge, sending both into Camp Bullfrog Lake on Friday night.
  • Fishing visitors on the shore rescued the 9-year-old from shallow water shortly after the fall.
  • At 7:43 p.m., a North Palos Fire Department dive team retrieved the older brother from deeper water.
  • Staff at Northwestern Medical Palos Hospital pronounced the 12-year-old dead at 8:21 p.m.
  • Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Asael Gonzalez-Guel and has not yet determined a cause of death.