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Woman’s body pulled from river on city’s Lower West Side

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Police are investigating after a woman’s body was pulled from the water Thursday afternoon on the city’s Lower West Side near the South Ashland Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River.

The Chicago Fire Department’s Marine unit recovered the body in the 2700 block of South Ashland Avenue just before 1:20 p.m., according to Chicago police. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police did not immediately release any further details, but said Wentworth Area detectives were conducting a death investigation, pending an autopsy scheduled for Saturday.

tkenny@chicagotribune.com

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