Grayslake drowning victim identified

Authorities have released the identity of a man who drowned in Grayslake.

Yhalayea Cornelius Kumahn, 19, of Aurora, Colorado, was pulled unconscious from a swimming hole at Lake Leopold in the Prairie Crossing subdivision Wednesday.

"The preliminary results of the autopsy confirm that his cause of death is drowning. The toxicology results are pending," Lake County Coroner Howard Cooper said in a statement Friday.

Cooper said Kumahn was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. Thursday at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. .

Grayslake Fie Protection District officials said Kumahn was swimming in the lake near Levi Baxter Street and Prairie Trail when he began to struggle and called for help. Bystanders tried to help but weren't able to keep the man above water.

Two Grayslake police officers tried without success to dive to find Kumahn. Firefighters eventually found him at 6:10 p.m. in about 9 feet of water, officials said.