Indiana
Body discovered near shore of northwest Indiana park, authorities say
WHITING — A physique was pulled from Lake Michigan after somebody found it close to the shore of a northwest Indiana park, in response to the Indiana Division of Pure Assets.
A customer reported the physique to police after noticing it in Lake Michigan, about 200 yards from the shore of Whiting Lakefront Park, in response to a launch from DNR.
First responders later pulled the physique from the water northeast of the park close to a BP water purification plant.
DNR stated the sufferer is a male however hasn’t launched every other figuring out info. Authorities are withholding his identify till his subsequent of kin is notified.
Conservation officers had been assisted by the Lake County Marine Unit, Whiting Police Division, East Chicago Police Division, and the Lake County Coroner’s Workplace, DNR stated.
Whiting Lakefront Park is house to Whihala Seaside and is about 20 miles from Downtown Chicago.