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.