Body found along Chicago shoreline identified as Indiana man

CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities say a body discovered Sunday along Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline has been identified as that of a Gary, Indiana man.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office said Monday that the body was identified as that of 48-year-old John Puza Jr.

His body was found Sunday afternoon by Chicago police officers who responded to a call to help a marine unit with a body in the water along North DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

The Chicago Tribune reports that Puza’s cause and manner of death remain under investigation by the medical examiner’s office.

Chicago detectives are also investigating Puza’s death.

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