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Woman Found Stabbed in Burning Building

February 7, 2014 4:42pm | Updated February 7, 2014 4:42pm
A woman was found stabbed multiple times in a burning building in Brighton Park.
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DNAinfo/Devlin Brown

CHICAGO — A woman was found with several stab wounds inside a building that was part of a multiple structure fire in Brighton Park, police said.

Firefighters responded to a fire in the 2500 block of West 45th Place around 1:50 p.m. Friday and found a stabbed women inside one of the burning buildings. The woman had been stabbed multiple times and was dead on the scene, said Officer Veejay Zala, a police spokesman.

The woman was identified as Lucy Wrobel, 51, of the 2500 block of West 45th Place, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Police continue to investigate.

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