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Woman Found Dead In Back Of The Yards Alley, Police Say

By Joe Ward | April 22, 2016 7:41am
 Police have launched a homicide investigation after finding a 42-year-old woman dead in a Back of the Yards alley early Friday.
Police have launched a homicide investigation after finding a 42-year-old woman dead in a Back of the Yards alley early Friday.
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CHICAGO — Police have launched a homicide investigation after finding a 42-year-old woman dead in a Back of the Yards alley early Friday.

The woman was found unresponsive in the 2000 block of West 51st Street at 1:30 a.m. Friday, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police spokeswoman. She appears to have suffered blunt-force trauma, Pacheco said.

A homicide investigation has been opened, and no arrests have been made, Pacheco said.

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