The search for a missing Chicago Public Schools teacher ended in tragedy Monday morning.
Authorities recovered the body of Linda Brown from Lake Michigan on the city’s South Side.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity of the 51-year-old special education teacher.
Police found her body in the water near the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive just before noon.
Brown taught at Robert Healy Elementary School and had been missing for over a week.
Her family and community members spent several days searching the Bronzeville area for any sign of her.
Chicago police last saw Brown on Saturday, Jan. 3, near the 4500 block of South King Drive.
Investigators later located her car parked near 35th Street and Lake Park Avenue.
Surveillance footage also captured Brown walking in that same area shortly after she disappeared.
It remains unclear how Brown ended up in the lake.
The Medical Examiner has not yet released an official cause of death.
The investigation into the circumstances of her disappearance continues.
