LOGAN SQUARE — As authorities continue searching for relatives of Bernadette Glomski — the Logan Square woman who was found strangled earlier this month — neighbors say her home has been "eerily" quiet in the weeks since her passing.
On April 15 at 5:45 p.m., Glomski, 58, was found dead in the 2500 block of West Moffat Street, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, Glomski was strangled and her death was ruled a homicide. Previously, Glomski's identity was being withheld until next of kin had been notified.
While police have yet to find any of Glomski's relatives, a neighbor — who asked not to be named — said she remembered seeing Glomski shortly before the time her death is believed to have occurred.
On April 13, the neighbor said she saw Glomski, identifiable by her long grey hair, and two other men in her backyard. She said one of the men was drinking a beer and both appeared to be harassing and berating Glomski. She said Glomski then rode away on a bike eastbound down the alley between West Moffat and West Cortland.
"I never saw her again," the neighbor said.
Glomski's neighbor said when she moved into her apartment last year, the previous tenant had warned her of loud noises, including piercing screams, coming from the residence, as well as a "clown car" of guests visiting the home.
Right away, the neighbor said, she realized what the former renter was talking about.
The neighbor described hearing frequent yelling and arguing — she even once heard someone "screaming bloody murder" in the month leading up to Glomski's death, she said.
In the past weeks, the neighbor said, it's quieted down significantly.
Another neighbor, Leonardo Delvalle, who has lived a few houses down from Glomski's residence since 2001, said while he didn't know her, he did see a squad of police cars and forensics technicians on the scene when he returned home from work the day her body was discovered.
Delvalle said he's watched his street in Logan Square change over the years. Because of "gentrification," he said, the area seen less instances of gang violence to a generally peaceful state. However, Delvalle said he still worries for others, like his girlfriend, who may be vulnerable targets.
"I don't fear for me, but for my family," Delvalle said. "Think about what could happen if she came over late at night and just what can happen walking from her car to my house."
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