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Crime & Mayhem

Body Found Floating In Chicago River Near Chicago Avenue

By Kelly Bauer | February 23, 2017 10:43am
A man was found dead in the Chicago River on the Near North Side Thursday morning, police said.
A man was found dead in the Chicago River on the Near North Side Thursday morning, police said.
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CHICAGO — A man was found dead in the Chicago River on the Near North Side Thursday morning, police said.

At 9:20 a.m., someone spotted the man's body floating in the water in the 700 block of West Chicago Avenue, police said.

 

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