Chicago police are searching for answers after a 96-year-old woman was found dead in a freezer on the city’s Northwest Side Monday afternoon.
According to authorities, officers were called to a residence in the 5500 block of West Melrose in the Cragin neighborhood just after 4:30 p.m. Monday for reports of an unresponsive woman.
When they arrived, they discovered the victim inside of a freezer inside of the residence.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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No further information was immediately available, and detectives are conducting a death investigation.
We will update this story with more details as they become available.
