CHICAGO - Just days after the bodies of a Chicago woman and her two young children were recovered from Lake Michigan, a family member who reached out to Fox 32 is setting the record straight.

Katina Dean, the maternal aunt of Drake Patton, 31, who along with her children Wyatt Patton, 6, and Jream Washington, 1, were all found in the water near 57th Street on Sept. 13 after Jream's father called for a welfare check.

What we know:

Katina said her niece suffered from mental health issues after the death of her mother, and yet there were no signs to suggest she might hurt herself or her children.

"If you're grieving, seek solace somewhere," Dean said. "If you want to hurt yourself, I truly believe if someone is intent, there's not a whole lot any of us can do but speaking to that woma

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