Authorities identify 18-year-old woman pulled from Chicago River near Goose Island

Abbot Butler was pronounced dead at the scene near the 1100 block of North Cherry Avenue,

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The body of an 18-year-old woman was recovered from the Chicago River July 11, 2021, near Goose Island.

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The body of a woman from Wicker Park was pulled from the Chicago River Sunday morning near Goose Island on the North Side.

She was identified Monday morning as Abbot Butler, 18, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Autopsy results have not been released.

Emergency crews were called to the scene of a person in the water about 10:15 a.m. Sunday near the 1100 block of North Cherry Avenue, according to Chicago police and fire officials.

The woman was unresponsive when she was pulled from the river, police said.

She was pronounced dead at 11:22 a.m., according to police, which were conducting a death investigation.

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