Officials identify woman pulled from Chicago River near Goose Island
CHICAGO - An 18-year-old woman was pronounced dead after her body was pulled from the Chicago River Sunday morning near Goose Island on the North Side.
She was identified Monday morning as Abbot Butler of Wicker Park, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Autopsy results have not been released.
Emergency crews were called to the scene of a person in the water about 10:15 a.m. Sunday near the 1100 block of North Cherry Avenue, according to Chicago police and fire officials.
The incident was then determined to be a body recovery, handled by Chicago police and fire officials said.
A CPD Marine Unit pulled an unresponsive 18-year-old woman from the river, police said.
She was pronounced dead at 11:22 a.m., according to police. Area Five and Area Three detectives were investigating the incident.