Chicago Police Resort To DNA To Identify Afro-American Child's Body Parts

Chicago police collected DNA from a family of a missing child to identify body parts from an Afro-American child found at the Garfield Park lagoon on Labor Day weekend.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

September 23, 2015

Chicago, Illinois - Police in Chicago confirmed that DNA has been collected from a family who reported a child missing in an attempt to identify body parts of an Afro-American child found at the Garfield Park lagoon. A head, hands and feet were recovered from the lagoon over the Labor Day weekend.

A composite of a male child has been released to the public. The child is between the ages of 2 to 4 and is Afro-American.