Authorities are looking into a triple death after discovering the bodies of three people, including two young children, in Lake Michigan over the weekend in connection with a “apparent domestic dispute”.
The bodies belonged to a 31-year-old woman, a 6-year-old boy, and an infant girl, the Chicago Police Department confirmed to USA TODAY via email on Monday, September 15.
According to police, officers responded two days earlier, around 11:20 a.m. local time, after an unidentified female infant was pulled from the water. First responders pronounced the child dead.
This occurred in the city’s Jackson Park neighborhood, approximately 8 miles south of downtown.
Approximately three hours later, just after 2:20 p.m. local time, officials discovered the bodies of a 31-year-old woman and a 6-year-old boy.
Police did not elaborate on where the bodies were discovered, but the locations are less than a mile apart by water.
‘Apparent domestic dispute’
According to police, the three deaths appear to be connected and the result of a “apparent domestic dispute.” The department didn’t elaborate.
As of September 15, no one was in custody in connection with the case, and police said detectives were conducting a death investigation while waiting for the autopsy results.
Police said the Cook County Medical Examiner would identify the victims and determine their causes of death.
USA TODAY has reached out to the office.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the police or text CPDTip to 738477.
