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Death Investigation Underway After 63-Year-Old Man Recovered From Lake Michigan at Belmont Harbor

Officials are withholding the victim’s identity pending completion of the detective inquiry

Overview

  • Responders retrieved the body at about 9:35 a.m. Wednesday from Lake Michigan at the 3500 block of North Belmont Harbor Drive near the AIDS Garden Chicago.
  • Chicago police’s Marine Unit pronounced the 63-year-old man dead at the scene after the recovery.
  • Area Three detectives have opened a formal death investigation into the circumstances of the water recovery.
  • Authorities have not identified the victim or released details about how he entered the water.
  • An autopsy set for Thursday will determine the man’s cause of death.