Body Found During Search for Missing Carol Stream Woman

By AMIE SCHAENZER (Patch Staff)

A body has been located near Indian Dunes State Park that matches the description of a missing 20-year-old Carol Stream woman, the Daily Herald reports.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials the woman, Chase Froese, went swimming Friday evening with two female friends when they began to struggle in the water off the coast of Porter Beach in Indiana State Park, according to the article. The two women were saved but authorities have been searching since for Froese.

CBS Chicago reports the women got caught in a rip current.

A body was discovered Sunday and officials were working Sunday afternoon to identify the body, CBS Chicago reports.

The above information was updated at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A search continues today for a 20-year-old DuPage County woman who disappeared Friday night in Lake Michigan while swimming with two friends off an Indiana beach.

High waves and a rip current caused trouble for the trio and emergency personnel went out to rescue them at about 7 p.m., according to the Indiana Department of Natural resources. Beach-goers were able to bring the other two swimmers to shore, but Chase Froese, 20, of Carol Stream, disappeared.

Local rescue teams are combing the beaches this morning, while U.S. Coast Guard and Indiana conservation boats are searching the surface of Lake Michigan.