Bronzeville Educator Found Dead in Lake Michigan, Authorities Confirm Suicide

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Bronzeville Educator Found Dead in Lake Michigan, Authorities Confirm Suicide
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Linda Brown, a 53-year-old special education teacher at Healy Elementary who had been missing since Jan. 3, was found dead Monday in Lake Michigan; the Cook County Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide by drowning. Brown was last seen walking toward a pedestrian bridge after leaving her car near 35th Street and Lake Park Avenue; relatives and Mayor Brandon Johnson expressed heartbreak at the loss.

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