Linda Brown missing Chicago CPS teacher found dead in Lake Michigan as authorities have yet to determine cause & manner of Ridgeville educator’s death.
The body of Linda Brown, a 53-year-old Chicago Public Schools special education teacher missing for more than a week, was recovered Monday from Lake Michigan on the city’s South Side, just before noon, Illinois authorities said.
The Chicago Police Department said its marine unit recovered a woman’s body from the water in the 3100-block of South Lake Shore Drive on the city’s South Side just before noon.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the woman as 53-year-old Robert Healy Elementary special education teacher Linda Brown. Not immediately clear is how the missing woman came to end up in the body of water.
Mystery cause and manner of death; how did CPS teacher end up in Lake Michigan?
The discovery comes amidst an ongoing search for the missing Chicago CPS teacher who had gone missing on January 3rd while making her way to an acupuncture appointment according to her husband, Antwon Brown.
Those who knew Brown have described her as a loving woman and wife. In a text message, her family said they are ‘absolutely heartbroken,’ Chicago’s ABC7 reported.
Police said Brown was seen on Saturday, Jan. 3 in the Bronzeville neighborhood’s 4500-block of South King Drive, not far from where she lived.
Investigators later found her Honda Civic car near 35th and Lake Park Avenue days later on January 7th. Officials at the time initially declined to release details about where the vehicle was found. Officers searched the surrounding area but did not locate Brown.
Cause and manner of death of CPS teacher yet to be determined
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 in the same area where her car was located. In the video, Brown is seen walking alone over a pedestrian bridge that leads to the lakefront around 3 a.m. Saturday, January 3rd.
Antwon said that he “broke down” when he woke up early Saturday morning and realized Brown was nowhere to be found.
‘I don’t know what to do. I’ve done everything. I’m talking to people, we’ve got people searching for her. I’m out of options,’ Antwon previously stated.
At the time the husband had claimed his wife having to make an acupuncture appointment circa 9 a.m.
The cause and manner of Brown’s death had yet to be determined.
Authorities had yet to say whether the teacher was in the throes of a mental health crisis or having suicidal ideations.
