Man With Alzheimer's Falls Into Retention Pond, Drowns: Police

Grayslake IL

24 September, 2021

2:35 PM

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HAINSEVILLE, IL — An 89-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease drowned early Monday after he wandered from his house and fell into a nearby retention pond, according to fire officials. Authorities said firefighters and police responded to a call of a person in the pond at around 12:50 a.m. Monday on the 0-100 block of Brittaney Lane. When they arrived, police said they pulled the man from the pond and administered CPR. He was taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead a few hours later. Police said they are still investigating the incident. The man's identity has not yet been released pending an autopsy.