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Chciago man’s body recovered from Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana

(Jon Zimney/95.3 MNC)

The body of a Chicago man was recovered from Lake Michigan Saturday in Whiting, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

The man was identified as 27-year-old Gerardo Casteneda-Soto, who lived in Chicago, IDNR said.

Authorities were called to Whiting Lakefront Park around 4 p.m. Saturday for a person struggling in the water, IDNR said. Casteneda-Soto was later discovered by the Whiting Fire Department and pronounced dead at a hospital.

Casteneda-Soto’s cause of death was not immediately known.

 

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