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A Chicago Public Schools teacher, who had been missing for over a week, was found deceased in Lake Michigan on Monday morning, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Linda Brown, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary, was discovered in the water near the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive on Chicago’s South Side, shortly before noon.
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Her family had been actively searching for her in the days leading up to the discovery.
Chicago police reported that Brown was last seen on Saturday, January 3, in the Bronzeville area, specifically in the 4500 block of South King Drive, close to her residence.
Authorities later located her vehicle near the intersection of 35th and Lake Park Avenue.
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Chicago police said in a statement on Friday afternoon that a surveillance image had captured Brown in the area of the 3500-block South Lake Park Avenue.
How Brown ended up in the water was not immediately clear.
Her cause of death was not immediately known.
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