Chicago police hope sketch leads to dead child's identity
Source: AP
By DON BABWIN
CHICAGO (AP) — A sketch artist is examining the head of a toddler found last weekend in a Chicago lagoon to create drawing that can be used to identify the child, police said Wednesday.
At a news conference near a lagoon at Garfield Park where the decomposed head, hands and feet were found, police said they hope someone will recognize the child when the drawing is distributed.
Police also suggested that even a vague description they have of the child — African-American between the ages of 2 and 4 years old — might be enough to help the investigation.
"If you are aware of a small child ... that you have not seen in your neighborhood in the last couple of weeks and you find that unusual or suspicious to call us," John Escalante, the department's chief of detectives, said in a plea for help from the public. "If you are aware of, for example, of a family that has a small child that suddenly packed up and moved ... and you think that's unusual or suspicious, please call us."
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Chicago Police investigators collect evidence while searching at Garfield Park, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, in Chicago, after a toddler's decomposed feet and hand were found in a lagoon at the park on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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