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Body found in Lake Michigan in Highland Park ID'd as missing Elgin woman

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Authorities have identified a body pulled from Lake Michigan Saturday in Highland Park as a missing Elgin woman.

Lena Lemesh, 52, went in the water near Park Avenue Beach in Highland Park on November 4. She was with a group of other swimmers when she was swept offshore near Park Avenue Beach.
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Another man who was with her, was also swept away, and drowned. He was identified to the Lake County Coroner as 46-year-old Stanislaw Wlosek, Jr., of Itasca.

On Tuesday, the Lake County Coroner Office officially released the identity after completing an autopsy. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that Lemesh also drowned.
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