Overview

• The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the deceased as Drake Patton, 31, Jream Jaycee Washington, 1, and Wyatt Bryden Patton, 6.
• The 1-year-old was recovered near 57th Street Beach late Saturday morning, and the 6-year-old and 31-year-old were found hours later near 63rd Street Beach.
• Chicago police say the cases are connected and may have stemmed from a domestic dispute, and no arrests have been announced.
• Family members said the children were siblings from Matteson and identified Patton as their mother, while official manners and causes of death remain pending.
• Relatives held a balloon-release vigil Tuesday evening; the children’s father said he requested a welfare check the night before and relatives described the mother’s mental-health struggles.