Overview
- The Palatine Police Department and Illinois State Police responded to a report of a “suspicious person” in the 1200 block of East Twin Lakes Drive Monday evening.
- Officers and state troopers located a man matching the report and say he entered a nearby body of water while they attempted to make contact and did not resurface.
- Palatine Fire Department personnel performed on-scene rescue efforts, recovered the man, and he was taken to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
- Authorities have not released the man’s identity, age, hometown, cause of death, or why he entered the water and they say the incident remains under investigation.
- Investigators are expected to rely on a coroner’s examination and witness interviews to establish the cause and sequence of events, and police say they will share more information when appropriate.