Body found in Lake Michigan a week after swimmer went missing in South Shore

Chicago police said a body was found in Lake Michigan near the South Shore Cultural Center exactly one week after a man disappeared near a breakwall near Rainbow Beach.

Police search for missing swimmer at Rainbow Beach in South Shore

A police spokesperson on Thursday said that the unidentified male found in the water near the 7000 block of South Shore Drive hadn’t been linked to the missing 33-year-old man who disappeared under the waves near the 3100 block of East 77th Street.

On Oct. 2, the police’s Marine unit responded to the water after a 30-year-old woman and a man began having trouble in the water. The woman was safely recovered from the water and taken to an area hospital, while a search for the missing man continued into dusk.

An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.

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