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Body Found in Marquette Park Lagoon

By DNAinfo staff
April 12, 2013 9:17am | Updated April 12, 2013 9:17am
Police found a body in the Marquette Park lagoon Friday morning.
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DNAinfo/Justin Breen

CHICAGO — Police pulled a man's body from the Marquette Park lagoon Friday morning, authorities said.

Police received a call regarding a body found in the 6700 block of South Kedzie Avenue at 8:43 a.m. Friday, said Officer Jose Estrada, a police spokesman.

The department's Marine Unit was sent to pull out the body shortly after, Estrada said.

Police said the man was black and in his late teens or early 20s.

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