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

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Body found washed ashore near Belmont Harbor identified as missing teen: medical examiner
The body found washed ashore near Belmont Harbor has been identified as Patrick Tedeski.

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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A recovery mission resumed Tuesday in the search for a 15-year-old boy missing in Lake Michigan who disappeared while swimming at Diversey Harbor.


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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