Body found washed ashore near Belmont Harbor identified as missing teen: medical examiner

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the body that washed up on shore near Belmont Harbor as 15-year-old Patrick Tedeski of Chicago.

Tedeski was swept out into Lake Michigan on Aug. 3 near Diversey Harbor.

The teen was swimming with a group of friends when he disappeared and never resurfaced, police say.

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After hours of searching for the missing boy, officials switched to a recovery mission, presuming he had drowned.

Tedeski's body was found on Friday.

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