Overview
- Police and fire crews responded to reports of a body at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve in Highland Park and found an adult man in shallow water.
- Firefighters removed him from the water and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- An autopsy by the Lake County Coroner’s Office determined the cause was consistent with drowning.
- The man has not been identified, and the coroner released a detailed description and stock photos of his clothing to aid recognition.
- Anyone with information can call the Lake County Coroner’s Office at 847-377-2200 or contact the Lake County Forest Preserve Police, with officials noting he is about 5'3" and 140 pounds with gray balding hair and was wearing light-blue drawstring shorts, an olive-green Adidas hat, size 7 Nike shoes, a white metal ring, and a Tahari watch.