A woman is accused of drowning a 1-year-old boy in Lake Michigan, Illinois police say.
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Police in Illinois are investigating after they say a woman drowned a 1-year-old boy in Lake Michigan.
Chicago police were called to Lake Michigan around 9:45 p.m. July 18 and found a 31-year-old woman in the water, WLS reported.
The woman is accused of drowning a 1-year-old boy in the lake, according to WFLD.
The Chicago Fire Department Marine Unit found the boy and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, WLS reported.
The boy’s death is being classified as a homicide, according to WFLD.
“The more I heard, the more tragic it got, the sadder it got,” Street Pastor Donovan Price told WGNT.
The boy’s identity was not released, and the outlet reported that police have not announced charges.
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Jennifer Rodriguez is a McClatchy National Real-Time reporter covering the Central and Midwest regions. She joined McClatchy in 2023 after covering local news in Youngstown, Ohio, for over six years. Jennifer has made several achievements in her journalism career, including receiving the Robert R. Hare Award in English, the Emerging Leader Justice and Equality Award, the Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and the Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award.
