Crime & Safety

Body Found In Chicago River On Easter Sunday

Chicago police said a 51-year-old man was found "unresponsive" in the river near The Loop.

Chicago police said a 51-year-old man was found dead in the Chicago River near Wabash Avenue Sunday afternoon.
Chicago police said a 51-year-old man was found dead in the Chicago River near Wabash Avenue Sunday afternoon. (Tim Moran/Patch )

CHICAGO — A body was found in the Chicago River Sunday afternoon.

Chicago police said a 51-year-old man was found "unresponsive" in the water at Riverwalk and Wabash around 1:22 p.m. A marine unit was called in to recover the body.

The man's identity had not been released as of Sunday afternoon. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office did not appear to include the death in its ledgers from Sunday night or Monday morning.

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