Child’s body parts found in Chicago’s Garfield Park Lagoon

A view of the Lagoon in Garfield Park in Chicago on Nov. 15, 2016, where Chicago Police officials held a press conference to announce that an arrest has been made in the death of Kyrian Knox, whose body was found in the lagoon.

Chicago Police Cmdr. Kevin Duffin, foreground, speaks during a press conference in Garfield Park in Chicago on Nov. 15, 2016, where it was announced that an arrest has been made in the death of Kyrian Knox.

Chicago Police Department Marine Unit Sgt. Angel Romero, foreground, speaks during a press conference in Garfield Park in Chicago on Nov. 15, 2016, where it was announced that an arrest has been made in the death of Kyrian Knox.

The media gather for a press conference in Garfield Park in Chicago on Nov. 15, 2016, where Chicago Police officials announced that an arrest has been made in the death of Kyrian Knox, whose body was found in the lagoon in the park.

Cameshia Harris, center, grandmother of Kyrian Knox, talks with members of the media at her cousin’s home Nov. 5, 2015, in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood. Kyrian, 2, was confirmed by DNA testing to be the child whose remains were found in the Garfield Park Lagoon over Labor Day weekend.

Lanisha Knox holds a flier picturing her missing son, Kyrian Knox, on Sept. 23, 2015. Chicago police are investigating whether he could be the child whose remains were found in Garfield Park Lagoon.

Assistant Deputy Chief Patrick Hoey of the Rockford Police Department speaks Sept. 23, 2015, about the case of missing 2-year-old Kyrian Knox in Rockford. Knox has been missing since mid-August 2015.

Lanisha Knox holds a flier picturing her missing son, Kyrian Knox, on Sept. 23, 2015. Chicago police are investigating whether he could be the child whose remains were found in Garfield Park Lagoon.

Police officers, including one in a dry suit, right, are on hand as workers slowly drain part of the lagoon in Garfield Park on Sept. 10, 2015

Dawn Valenti, a crisis responder for Chicago Survivors, passes out fliers Sept. 10, 2015, with a composite drawing of the child found in the Garfield Park lagoon.

A water pump drains the western edge of Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 12, 2015, where body parts of a child were found the week before.

Police officials stand at the northwestern edge of Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 12, 2015, where body parts of a child were found the week before.

A depression in the mud snakes along a drained Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 14, 2015, after a search for body parts by police and the Chicago Department of Water Management.

Debris is all that is left in the drained Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 14, 2015, where body parts of a child were found on Labor Day weekend.

Community members hold a prayer vigil Sept. 10, 2015, in front of the field house in Garfield Park to honor the child found dismembered in the lagoon.

Several makeshift memorials have been set up around Garfield Park in honor of the child whose remains were found in the lagoon.

Community members at a prayer vigil Sept. 10, 2015, in Garfield Park to honor the child whose remains were found in the lagoon.

Chicago police Cmdr. Barbara West talks about the death investigation during a prayer vigil Sept. 10, 2015, in Garfield Park for the child whose remains were found Sept. 5 in the lagoon.

Water Management Department crews survey the west end of Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 9, 2015, as water is pumped out of the lagoon in an effort to aid the death investigation of a child whose remains were found in the water.

Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy displays a Sheriff’s Department sketch Sept. 10, 2015, of what the child found in the Garfield Park lagoon may have looked like at the time of death.

A Chicago police officer distributes a flier Sept. 9, 2015, asking for assistance from the community in the death investigation of a child found in Garfield Park Lagoon.

A temporary dam separates the west and east lagoons at Garfield Park on Sept. 9, 2015. The west portion of the lagoon is being drained in an ongoing investigation after the body parts of a child were found in the water.

Stuffed animals and balloons are part of a makeshift memorial near Hamlin Boulevard on Sept. 9, 2015, for a child whose remains were found in Garfield Park Lagoon.

Chicago police continue searching for evidence in a child’s death as Garfield Park Lagoon is drained Sept. 8, 2015.

Divers search a portion of Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 8, 2015, as the effort continues to find body parts of a young child.

A diver is washed off after wading into the waters of Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 8, 2015, during the ongoing search for body parts of a young child.

Residents watch Chicago police search around Garfield Park Lagoon as it is drained Sept. 8, 2015.

Chicago police continue in their search for body parts as Garfield Park Lagoon is drained Sept. 8, 2015.

Water Management Department crews set up an additional pump to remove water from the west end of Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 9, 2015.

Divers ride a police truck after searching Garfield Park Lagoon for a child’s body parts Sept. 8, 2015.

Chicago police marine unit divers continue to search for body parts in Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 7, 2015.

Chicago police marine unit divers continue to search for body parts in Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 7, 2015.

Chicago police marine divers search a lagoon at Garfield Park on Sept. 6, 2015.

Police officers and a dog search for body parts in Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 6, 2015.

Police officers search the shores of the Garfield Park Lagoon for body parts and evidence Sept. 6, 2015.

Chicago police officers collect evidence while searching Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 6, 2015.

Police marine unit officers search the shores of the Garfield Park Lagoon for body parts and evidence Sept. 6, 2015.

Evidence technicians examine a green bottle pulled from Garfield Park Lagoon by divers Sept. 6, 2015.

A Chicago police officer with the marine unit hands a tool found in Garfield Park Lagoon to another officer as they search for body parts and evidence Sept. 6, 2015.

Police officers collect evidence found at Garfield Park Lagoon on Sept. 6, 2015.

Police officers walk along the western edge of Garfield Park Lagoon while continuing a search after body parts of a child were found earlier in the day Sept. 5, 2015, in Chicago.

A police officer and a dog search the western edge of Garfield Park Lagoon after body parts of a child were found earlier Sept. 5, 2015, in Chicago.

Police officers converge at the west end of Garfield Park Lagoon while continuing a search after body parts of a child were found earlier in the day Sept. 5, 2015, in Chicago.

A police officer gives water to a search dog at the western edge of Garfield Park Lagoon after body parts of a child were found earlier in the day Sept. 5, 2015, in Chicago.

A police officer searches the western edge of Garfield Park Lagoon as authorities continue looking for body parts of a child found in the water Sept. 5, 2015.