Crime & Safety
Police Sketch Shows What Dismembered Toddler May Have Looked Like
Some of the child remains, including the head, were found last weekend in the Garfield Park lagoon.
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police sketch artist has created a drawing of what the toddler whose remains were found in the Garfield Park lagoon may have looked like.
Detectives said the child might be an African-American boy or girl between 2 and 4 years old, and the child was definitely dismembered after he or she died.
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Two feet and two hands were found Saturday in the lagoon, and marine officers found the child’s head Sunday. Officials said the child could have been in the lagoon for one or two weeks.
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Police said they believe someone knows who this child is and how and why he or she was dismembered and left in the lagoon. They urged this person to surrender, and they also asked anyone who has noticed anything suspicious or a missing child to contact law enforcement.
Anyone with information can reach police at 312-744-8261 or TextATip to CRIMES (274637) or 1-800-535-STOP.
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