Body of Unidentified Male Found in Lake Michigan North of Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus

The Chicago Police Department was alerted of a body in the water of Lake Michigan on the 1000 block of West Pratt Boulevard at approximately 5:30 a.m. June 20.

The body was found on Columbia Beach in Rogers Park, CPD wrote in an email statement to The Phoenix. Columbia Beach is approximately a block north of Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus.

Police described the body as a 60 to 65 year old man. No further identifications are currently available.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to CPD. They are awaiting autopsy results as they continue to investigate the cause of death.

Loyola Campus Safety could not immediately be reached for comment.

This article is written by Hunter Minné and Lilli Malone, featured image by Austin Hojdar / The Phoenix

Lilli Malone

Lilli Malone is the News Editor of The Phoenix and has written for the paper since the first week of her first-year. She is studying journalism, criminal justice and political science, is on the board of SPJ Loyola and was previously the deputy news editor of The Phoenix. She has worked as a Breaking News Correspondent for The Daily Herald, and has interned at Block Club Chicago, Quotable Magazine, and UCLA. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Malone enjoys traveling, reading, and telling the stories of Loyola and Rogers Park community members.
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Hunter Minné

Hunter Minné wrote his first article for The Phoenix during just his first week as a first-year at Loyola. Now in his third-year on staff and second as a Deputy News Editor, the Atlanta-native is studying journalism, political science and environmental communication alongside his work at the paper. For fun he yells at geese.
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Body of Unidentified Male Found in Lake Michigan North of Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus

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