Death of woman found after Englewood fire was a homicide: fire officials
Posted July 11, 2018 11:00 pm
The death of a woman found after an apartment fire early Thursday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.
Firefighters responded to a working fire in a two-story apartment building at 12:06 a.m. in the 1300 block of West 57th Street and found flames blowing out of a second-floor window, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford and Battalion Chief Patrick Kehoe.
A 38-year-old woman was found dead in a bedroom on the second floor, according to Chicago Police. No other injuries were reported.
Investigators determined her death was a homicide and the scene was turned over to police as a crime scene, according to the fire department.
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