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Northwestern University Student Dies After Being Found In Lake Michigan
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
6
First seen
Oct 21, 2:26 PM CDT
updated Oct 21, 3:24 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WGN-TV, Evanston Now and 4 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Suburban college student dies after body pulled from Lake Michigan: Police · WMAQ-TVOct 21, 9:42 AM CDT
Northwestern University student dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan, officials say · WFLDOct 21, 1:43 PM CDT
Northwestern student pulled from lake, dies · Evanston NowOct 21, 2:10 PM CDT
Northwestern University student dies after being found in Lake Michigan · WGN-TVOct 21, 2:26 PM CDT
Northwestern University student pulled from waters of Lake Michigan · Chicago Sun-TimesOct 21, 3:24 PM CDT
Northwestern student dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan in Evanston, officials say · WLS-TVOct 21, 8:10 PM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 21, 2:43 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 21, 3:04 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.