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Woman Beaten to Death in East Garfield Park

By Josh McGhee | September 15, 2014 7:39am
 The 37-year-old woman was found beaten to death in a first-floor hallway in East Garfield Park.
The 37-year-old woman was found beaten to death in a first-floor hallway in East Garfield Park.
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CHICAGO — A 37-year-old woman died after she was brutally beaten in East Garfield Park Sunday, authorities said.

Around 5 p.m., officers discovered the 37-year-old woman unresponsive in a first-floor hallway in the 800 block of South California Avenue in East Garfield Park after being beaten by another woman, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago police spokeswoman.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a person of interest is being questioned, Sedevic said.

The victim has not been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

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