The search for a missing boater in Lake Michigan culminated on Wednesday evening with the grim discovery of a body near Navy Pier. Officials from the Chicago Police Department announced that the body, belonging to an unidentified male, was recovered from the water near the 600 block of North DuSabel Lake Shore Drive, a somber denouement to earlier reports of a 58-year-old man who tragically fell overboard at the Playpen near Oak Street beach last Saturday.

Despite efforts to quickly locate the missing individual, the search had to extend into grim anticipation. The recovered body was found around 7:50 p.m., according to the Chicago Sun-Times, and has yet to be formally identified by local authorities. The connection between the body and the boater reported missing several days before has not been officially established, leaving a piercing uncertainty for those awaiting news of the missing man.

Responding to the scene were Chicago's first responders, captured by Chopper 7 as they pulled the body from the water shortly before the disclosed time. The male was pronounced dead at the scene. These details were corroborated by the WLS, who has been following the developments. The age and full identity of the deceased male remain unknown at the time of reporting.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing as Area Detectives diligently work to piece together what led up to the man's disappearance and subsequent death. 

Further information regarding the circumstances of the man's fall into the lake, as well as any connection to the body found, is anticipated but was not available at the time of this reporting. The Chicago Police Department has not released additional statements at this point; more details are to be expected as the investigation unravels the events that culminated in this tragedy.