Overview

• On July 18 at around 9:45 p.m., Chicago police and the fire department’s marine unit responded to Lake Michigan and found an unresponsive one-year-old boy alongside a 31-year-old woman in the water
• The marine unit recovered the child and he was taken to a hospital where medical staff pronounced him dead
• Cook County’s medical examiner has ruled the boy’s death a homicide based on preliminary findings
• Authorities are probing the involvement of the 31-year-old woman discovered at the scene but have not released her identity or filed any charges
• The case has heightened concerns over drowning risks in Chicago waters following an early-season fatality in May