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UPDATED: Palos Heights Police Officer Found Dead at Lake Katherine

The death of a Palos Heights police officer, whose body was found Monday at Lake Katherine, has been ruled a suicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

UPDATED 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19

A Palos Heights police officer was found dead Monday morning at .

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled the death a suicide.

The officer's body was discovered by walkers around 7 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Bill Czajkowski said.

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The officer was not on duty at the time of his death, but was scheduled to work later that day, Czajkowski said. 

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"It has been a very difficult time for us," Czajkowski said.


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