Surah Amon charged with murder in boy’s drowning in Lake Michigan near South Shore, Chicago police say


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Monday, July 21, 2025 1:15PM

Child drowning ruled homicide; woman taken into custody, police say

A woman allegedly drowned a 1-year-old child on the city’s South Side, according to Chicago police.

CHICAGO (WLS) — A woman has been charged with murder in the drowning of a one-year-old boy on the South Side Friday, Chicago police said.

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Monday morning, police said Surah Amon, 31, of Chicago has been charged with two counts of murder.

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Police said they rushed to the 7000-block of S. South Shore Drive on Friday at about 9:45 p.m.

Investigators said a 31-year-old woman was in the water when they arrived.

They later learned the woman allegedly drowned the boy. Chicago Fire’s Marine Unit recovered the boy.

The infant was rushed to Comer Children’s Hospital where he died.

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