Crime & Safety

Body of 65-Year-Old Wilmette Man Found at Gillson Park Beach

The man was discovered Friday morning with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

The body of a 65-year-old Wilmette man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound was found Friday morning at Gillson Park Beach, the Daily North Shore reports.

Douglas Rathe's body was discovered at around 7 a.m., on the beach near Overlook Drive with a single gunshot wound to the chest. The Cook Count Medical Examiner's Officer determined the wound was self-inflicted after an autopsy, according to the report.

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