CHICAGO (STMW) –The body of a man that was found floating off Montrose Beach Tuesday evening has been identified.
The body was discovered about 5 p.m. at Montrose Beach near West Leland Avenue and Lake Michigan, according to a police Marine Unit officer.
The dead man was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Richard Wieting, 53, of an unidentified address, who was dead on the scene floating in Lake Michigan near 4749 N. Marine Dr.
An autopsy is slated for later Wednesday.
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