Authorities found the body of a 96-year-old woman in a freezer on the first floor of a building in the Portage Park neighborhood Monday afternoon.
Police responded to the 5500 block of West Melrose Street at about 4:35 p.m. Monday, where they discovered the female victim unresponsive.
The woman was pronounced at scene at 6:23 p.m., according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Detectives are conducting a death investigation and autopsy results are pending.
