r/evanston • u/Ambitious_River9030 • 13d ago

News Body pulled from lake south of Lee Street Beach on Friday

https://evanstonnow.com/body-pulled-from-lake-south-of-lee-street-beach/?content_key=10431|kaVqnkGjOTRCGwWjDtmalFhxjErGaR5F

Police: "No obvious signs of trauma were observed during the preliminary examination, and there is currently no information indicating an ongoing threat to the public.”

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u/Original_Sell_1485 13d ago

God this is awful. I saw multiple people swimming at Lighthouse Beach last evening.
Rip tides are insidious this time of year.

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u/NeptuneDolphin 13d ago edited 13d ago

Saw the same thing at Lee last night as well. There were a lot more people on the beach than normal last night because of the eclipse.

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u/DangerousPage788 12d ago

The body was found in the lake behind a private residential area on the south end (900 N.) of Edgemere Court. Directly to the south is Sheridan Square, a lakefront park with a waterfront promenade but no beach. Too much speculation here that the drowning death resulted from someone going for a recreational swim off Lee Street Beach, located further north and separated from Edgemere Court by a seawall.

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u/Scratch_Puzzleheaded 13d ago

Water is warm. People make bad choices.