Coroner identifies Waukegan man who died of drowning whereas swimming at Illinois Beach State Park close to Zion

The coroner has launched the id of a Waukegan man who was rescued from Lake Michigan whereas swimming at Illinois Beach State Park close to Zion and died of drowning Sunday afternoon.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Beach Park Fire Department responded round 4:35 p.m. Sunday to Illinois Beach State Park, 1 Lake Front Drive in unincorporated Zion, for a attainable drowning.

Beach Park Fire Department Lt. Andrew Morelli mentioned preliminary reviews indicated a male was floating in Lake Michigan.

Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek on Tuesday recognized the male as Asdrubal Guifarro Munoz, 45, of Waukegan.

Sheriff’s deputies first on scene had been flagged down by witnesses and realized Guifarro Munoz had been rescued from the water close to the rocks by bystanders, in keeping with Lake County Sheriff’s Office Chief Christopher Covelli.

Deputies assisted in bringing the person to shore and instantly started CPR.

Guifarro Munoz was unresponsive, not respiration and chilly to the contact, Covelli mentioned.

The Zion Fire Rescue Department, Winthrop Harbor Fire Department and Beach Park Fire Department arrived shortly after and took over lifesaving efforts.

Guifarro Munoz was transported to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan the place he was pronounced useless within the emergency room, Banek mentioned.

An post-mortem was performed on Guifarro Munoz on Tuesday.

The post-mortem examination outcomes point out that Guifarro Munoz’s dying is in step with drowning however a medical or neurological occasion presumably led to the drowning, Banek mentioned.

Additional testing shall be accomplished by the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

Covelli mentioned preliminary data signifies Guifarro Munoz had been seen leaping into the lake from the rocks for a number of minutes.

Witnesses noticed him floating farther from shore in some unspecified time in the future afterward.

Bystanders pulled Guifarro Munoz from the water and introduced him towards shore as sheriff’s deputies arrived, Covelli mentioned.

Morelli mentioned two bystanders carried out the rescue of the person.

A big hearth division response was downgraded after it was confirmed he was already out of the water.

The man was believed to be over 100 ft from shore, presumably on the opposite aspect of the rock breakwater, Morelli mentioned, including that paramedics continued CPR all the best way to the hospital.

Morelli mentioned individuals swimming in Lake Michigan ought to pay attention to currents and never swim alone.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources responded to the scene and assumed accountability for the investigation.