New Details Released About Child’s Body Parts Found in Garfield Park Lagoon

“All efforts will be made to scientifically identify these body parts, which were badly decomposed”, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said in a joint statement Tuesday.

“Usually someone would be asking, ‘Where’s my child?'” he said.

Upon further investigation, officers found the right foot and a hand about 25 yards away.

The search began Saturday after someone reported seeing what turned out to be a left foot floating in the lagoon.

Police spokeswoman Janel Sedevic (SEHD’-ah-vik) says investigators would be back at Garfield Park Monday for a third straight day.

The dismembered head, hands and feet of an unidentified toddler were discovered in Garfield Park Lagoon over Labor Day weekend.

Guglielmi said Chicago Police detectives don’t think the remains belong to King Walker, a 2-year-old boy who disappeared from Gary, Ind., with his aunt on July 25.

Draining started on Tuesday after divers had searched the lagoon in Garfield Park for more than two days. On Sunday evening, the toddler’s head was discovered. They believe the body parts were thrown into the lagoon a week or two ago. They are working with experts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “The hair was short, curly and black in color; the eyes were brown; and the earlobes were not pierced, suggesting the child may be male (but female gender cannot be ruled out at present)”. Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has said he will authorize full resources, and do whatever it takes to find those responsible. Police are still investigating whether the weight is connected to the discovery of the remains or if it was simply dumped in the same area. “We will comb every square inch of the lagoon for whatever may or may not be in there”.

Detectives are going through Chicago-area missing persons cases to determine if there could be a link. They will dam off the east side of the lagoon at Central Park Avenue and pump the rest of the water into sewers on Hamlin Boulevard, which will be closed from Lake Street to Washington Boulevard.