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Teen found unresponsive near Chicago's Rainbow Beach identified as missing swimmer

By Jeramie Bizzle

/ CBS Chicago

Male found unresponsive at Rainbow Beach

The video above is from a previous report. 

CHICAGO (CBS) — A teen who was found unresponsive near Rainbow Beach Wednesday morning has been identified as the missing swimmer from over the weekend.

Chicago police say he was found near the shoreline just before 7 a.m. in the 3100 block of East 77th Street. 

The victim has since been identified as 16-year-old Yoni Danilo Montes Santos by the Medical Examiner's Office. 

The discovery comes days after the teen went missing after he went underwater in Lake Michigan off Rainbow Beach just before 4 p.m. on Sunday. 

No further information was available. 

Jeramie Bizzle

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin Weekly Newspaper, OakPark.com and Sportskeeda.

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