A 1-Year-Old Boy Drowned in Lake Michigan. Now, a Woman Is in Police Custody
A woman in Chicago is in custody after police allege she drowned a 1-year-old boy in Lake Michigan
Police found the woman near South Shore Beach on July 18
The Chicago Fire Department's Marine Unit recovered the body of the boy, but he was pronounced dead at a local hospitalA woman in Chicago is in custody after police allege she drowned a young child in a lake.
On Friday, July 18, at around 9:45 p.m. local time, police found the 31-year-old woman — whose identity has not yet been made public — in Lake Michigan near South Shore Beach, according to WOOD-TV, ABC 7 and WGN-TV.
An investigation indicated that the woman had allegedly drowned a 1-year-old boy in the lake, the outlets reported.
The woman was taken into custody and transported to a hospital, according to WOOD-TV.
The Chicago Fire Department's Marine Unit recovered the body of the boy. He was then taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, per WGN-TV.
The investigation remains ongoing. It is unclear what led to the incident.
PEOPLE reached out to the Chicago Police Department for information, but did not immediately receive a response on Sunday, July 20.
The identity of the baby has yet to be released, but a law enforcement source told WGN-TV that the child and the woman were related.
Authorities have yet to announce the charges against the woman, but the case has been classified as a homicide, per WGN-TV.
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Street Pastor Donovan Price, who visited the hospital after hearing of the incident, told WGN-TV, "The more I heard, the more tragic it got, the sadder it got."
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