Authorities in St. Charles are investigating after a man's body was found in the Fox River on Wednesday morning, following reports of an unresponsive person floating in the water. First responders recovered the man and turned the case over to the county coroner, who will work to determine how he died and who he was.
Scene and response
According to FOX 32 Chicago, St. Charles police and fire crews were dispatched around 9:10 a.m. to the west side of the Fox River in the 200 block of North Second Street after callers reported an unresponsive man in the water. Rescue personnel pulled the body from the river and notified the Kane County Coroner's Office to handle identification and further investigation.
Investigators and coroner
Officials have not yet released the man's name or a cause of death, and the case remains under active investigation. The Kane County Coroner's Office, which oversees medicolegal death investigations and works to identify decedents in the county, is based in St. Charles and will manage those next steps, according to the coroner's website.
River safety and local response
The Fox River is a busy recreational stretch for kayakers and boaters through the Tri-Cities, and the St. Charles Fire Department maintains a specialized underwater rescue and recovery unit that trains regularly on the river. City press releases and fire department materials describe the department's water-rescue capabilities and its participation in past multi-agency search efforts.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the St. Charles Police Department. We will update this story as officials release more details.
