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Unidentified Woman Found Dead in South Branch of Chicago River Near Ashland Avenue

Police opened a death investigation with autopsy results pending.

Overview

  • The Chicago Fire Department’s Marine Unit recovered the body near the 2700 block of South Ashland Avenue on the Southwest Side.
  • Authorities said the incident was reported around 1:19 p.m. Thursday, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • The location sits where the South Branch meets the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal and splits toward Bubbly Creek.
  • Chicago police have not released the woman’s identity, and her age was not immediately known.
  • Detectives are investigating the circumstances of the death, with results of the autopsy still forthcoming.