The cause of death has been released for a 21-year-old Polish man whose body was pulled from Lake Michigan late last year after he vanished from a party at a Chicago bar, officials said.
Krzysztof Szubert, 21, died by accidental drowning, with ethanol intoxication listed as a contributing factor, FOX32 Chicago reported, citing the Cook County Medical Examiner.
Szubert, 21, was pulled unresponsive from the lake at Oak Street Beach just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 7, Chicago police previously said. He was rushed to Northwestern Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said Szubert appeared to have a laceration to the right side of his head and had launched an investigation into his death, the station reported at the time.
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Szubert vanished Dec. 3 after spending time with coworkers at the Howl at the Moon bar in Chicago's River North neighborhood. He was last seen at about 9:45 p.m.
His friends were unable to contact him the following morning and returned to the River North neighborhood to retrace their steps and put up missing person posters, the station reported.
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Szubert, who was from Tiffin, Poland, had worked in information technology for Knapp Incorporated, a global tech company. He had been in the U.S. since November, staying at a hotel while working on a project in Joliet.
The 21-year-old was due to return to Poland a week after his disappearance.
