{"id":641501,"date":"2026-03-08T18:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/641501\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:32:11","slug":"ashraf-mahomed-man-found-dead-in-chicago-river-on-north-side-idd-death-investigation-underway-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/641501\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashraf Mahomed: Man found dead in Chicago River on North Side ID&#8217;d; death investigation underway: police department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Officials have released the identity of the man who was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/body-found-chicago-river-north-side-lincoln-square-forster-avenue-virginia-saturday-police-say\/18689316\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found dead in the Chicago River <\/a>on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said officers responded to a marine distress call in the Budlong Woods neighborhood&#8217;s 5200-block of North Virginia Avenue around 7:20 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The call was to the north branch of the Chicago River near River Park on the city&#8217;s North Side, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Chicago Fire Department pulled the 52-year-old man&#8217;s body from the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ashraf Mahomed was identified as the victim by the Cook County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">How the man died was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities did not immediately provide further information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">PREVIOUS COVERAGE | <\/strong><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/body-found-chicago-river-north-side-lincoln-square-forster-avenue-virginia-saturday-police-say\/18689316\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Body pulled from water near River Park in Lincoln Square neighborhood: police<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Officials have released the identity of the man who was found dead in the Chicago&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":641502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[273006,18820,273004,273003,960,5462,5464,26073,19292,5386,1818,63659,273005,245719],"class_list":["post-641501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-273006","tag-body-found","tag-body-found-in-chicago-river","tag-body-in-chicago-river","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-news","tag-chicago-police","tag-chicago-river","tag-death-investigation","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-lincoln-square","tag-lincoln-square-chicago","tag-river-park"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116194990335744500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}