65-Year-Old Woman Strangled to Death in Back of the Yards

A 65-year-old woman was found strangled Wednesday in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

A property manager called 911 and said she had not seen her 65-year-old tenant in several days, Chicago police said.

The Chicago Fire Department entered the woman’s home about 9:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of West Garfield Boulevard and found her unresponsive next to a bed, police said.

The woman, identified as Margo Flowers, was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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An autopsy released Thursday found that Flowers died of ligature strangulation, the medical examiner’s office said.

Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation, police said.