Chicago 19-year-old pregnant woman pulled from Lake Michigan, officials investigating death as homicide
An autopsy revealed she had several sharp force injuries on her body
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The body of a 19-year-old pregnant woman found in Lake Michigan had been stabbed multiple times, authorities said Saturday.
A fisherman found the body of Chicago resident Yarianna Wheeler in the water on Aug. 15 after she was floating for seven to 12 days — but she wasn’t identified until Saturday, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
Wheeler, who was six months pregnant, was originally from Bellwood, Indiana, the office said in a statement.
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An autopsy revealed she had several sharp force injuries on her body, officials said, but the official cause of death is pending. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.
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Wheeler was identified by the Lake County Coroner’s Office Forensic Odontologist using dental records.
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Officials say she may have entered the water "anywhere from the northern Indiana shoreline to the northern Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan."
Hours after Wheeler’s body was discovered, a U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter also found the body of a man, identified as 49-year old Martin Mendoza of Waukesha, Wisconsin, however, officials say Mendoza drowned at the 63rd Street Harbor in Chicago and the incidents are not related.