A 24-year-old woman died Saturday after authorities pulled her out of the North Shore Channel on the Evanston-Skokie border.

The Skokie resident reportedly jumped into the canal at McCormick Boulevard and Main Street on Saturday morning, according to a news release.

An eyewitness helped Evanston and Skokie officials pinpoint where exactly the woman went underwater, allowing them to recover and transport her to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition. The hospital later told authorities she had died.

The canal is about three miles southwest of Northwestern’s campus in Evanston.

The woman, Andia Ymeraj, was pronounced dead shortly after noon Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

In 2010, Ymeraj went missing for several days while attending Loyola University in Chicago, according to NBC Chicago. She was found unharmed, but police considered the incident suspicious because she had left personal possessions in an academic building before apparently walking off campus.

At the time of Ymeraj’s disappearance, news outlets reported that Ymeraj was living with her parents in Skokie.

This story has been updated to reflect additional information about Ymeraj.

— Patrick Svitek