Crime & Safety
Body Pulled From Lake Michigan Near 31st Street Beach Identified As Missing Boater
The United States Coast Guard said it received calls Friday about a 25-foot double-decker pleasure yacht capsizing and then sinking.
July 29, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) — A body was recovered from Lake Michigan at 31st Street Beach Sunday afternoon, Chicago police say.
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Police say the CPD Marine Unit pulled the male victim from the water around 12:45 p.m. The person was pronounced dead on the scene, and later identified as 40-year-old Lorenzo Tobin, who went missing after a boat capsized, leaving Tobin missing and three others hospitalized.
The United States Coast Guard said it received calls Friday about a 25-foot double-decker pleasure yacht capsizing and then sinking. The boat Tobin was on flipped around 7:33 p.m., just south of 31st Street Harbor. More than a dozen people were on the boat for a birthday party.
