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Recovery Operation Underway for Missing 14-Year-Old at Illinois Beach State Park

Dive teams, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Coast Guard, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, fire agencies resumed recovery operations at Illinois Beach State Park after reclassifying the search

Breakwater structures being constructed along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Illinois Beach State Park.
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Overview

  • Dive teams resumed operations Wednesday morning after officials reclassified the effort as a recovery mission.
  • Lake County Sheriff’s Office joined the U.S. Coast Guard, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and local fire agencies in the effort.
  • Rescuers used boats, drones, inflatable crafts, jet skis and underwater dive teams to search behind the breakwater.
  • The boy went under the water around 5 p.m. Tuesday near the park’s main parking lot and details on how he submerged remain unknown.
  • Searchers paused at sunset Wednesday with no update on his condition; he is believed to be from Wisconsin and his name has not been released.