Body of missing CPS teacher Linda Brown pulled from Lake Michigan: 'Absolutely heartbroken'
Cate Cauguiran, ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Mon, January 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC
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The body of a Chicago Public Schools teacher who went missing over one week ago was pulled from Lake Michigan on Monday morning, officials said.
The Chicago Police Department said its marine unit recovered a woman's body from the water in the 3100-block of South Lake Shore Drive on the city's South Side just before noon.
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The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman as 53-year-old Robert Healy Elementary special education teacher Linda Brown.
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This comes after Brown's family spent days searching for her.
Those who knew Brown have described her as a loving woman and wife. In a text message, her family said they are "absolutely heartbroken."
Police said Brown was seen on Saturday, Jan. 3 in the Bronzeville neighborhood's 4500-block of South King Drive, not far from where she lived.
Investigators later found her car near 35th and Lake Park Avenue.
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Police said in a statement on Friday afternoon that a surveillance image had captured Brown in the area of the 3500-block South Lake Park Avenue.
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On Monday, police said they are conducting a death investigation, pending autopsy results.
How Brown ended up in the water was not immediately clear.
Her cause of death was not immediately known.
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