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Body of 90-Year-Old Woman Recovered From McKinley Park Lagoon in Chicago

Detectives opened a death investigation with autopsy results pending.

Overview

  • Responders found the woman unresponsive around 6:45 a.m. in the water at 2210 W. Pershing Road in McKinley Park on the Southwest Side.
  • The CPD Marine Unit removed her from the lagoon, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • The Chicago Fire Department confirmed the on-scene pronouncement.
  • Chicago police detectives initiated a death investigation, with autopsy results to determine cause and manner of death.
  • The Cook County medical examiner has not released her identity, and a large police presence was reported at the lagoon.