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Woman's body recovered from Lake Michigan in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) - A woman's body was recovered from Lake Michigan on Chicago's North Side on Friday afternoon, authorities said.

Marine units responded to a call of a person in the water shortly after 1 p.m. near Edgewater Beach, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.

Firefighters recovered the body of a female, whose age wasn't known. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her name hasn't been released.

Police detectives are investigating.