The body was discovered at about 4:20 p.m. in a boarded-up garage behind a vacant home in the 10000 block of South Normal Avenue in the Fernwood neighborhood, police said.
Officials say the unidentified female is thought to be in her mid-20s.
Ray Jefferson, the owner of the garage who found the body, said he arrived around 4 p.m. to do some work on the building near 100th Place and South Normal Avenue when he noticed someone had broken into garage.
Inside, he made a gruesome discovery.
I saw lots of duct tape and some sweat pants in the bin," Jefferson said. "The entire head was duct taped. I couldn't see a face." Jefferson also noted a tattoo on the person's hand.
Jefferson was in the process of rehabbing the vacant home after purchasing it about a month ago. He said he was last in the garage Tuesday and didn't see the bin containing the body, leading him to believe it had been left there overnight.
It was unclear how long the woman had been dead or whether she suffered any traumatic injuries. Police were conducting a death investigation pending an autopsy scheduled for Thursday morning, said Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.
UPDATE:
Body found in garage identified as Indiana woman
A body found in a plastic storage bin, wrapped in duct tape and in a red cloth sack, has been identified as a 26-year-old woman who recently moved to Indiana from the Far South Side, police say.An autopsy has found that Cynthia Funches from Highland, Ind. was beaten to death, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Highland police were called to Funches' home at about 8 p.m. Wednesday by her relatives to conduct a well-being check. When they arrived, police found evidence that she was was in danger, said Highland Police Cmdr. George Georgeff.
Hours earlier, Chicago police had found Funches' body in a boarded-up garage behind a vacant found that she died of multiple blunt force injuries due to assault.
The description of the body matched Funches, Georgeff said, adding that police were talking to several people and following up leads.
Ray Jefferson, the owner of the garage who found the body, said he arrived around 4 p.m. to do some work on the building near 100th Place and South Normal Avenue when he noticed someone had broken into garage.
Inside, he made a gruesome discovery.
"I saw lots of duct tape and some sweat pants in the bin," Jefferson said. "The entire head was duct-taped. I couldn't see a face." Jefferson also noted a tattoo on the person's hand.
Jefferson is rehabbing the vacant home after purchasing it about a month ago. He said he was last in the garage Tuesday and didn't see the bin containing the body, leading him to believe it had been left there overnight.
MURDER OCCURED IN THE 22nd DISTRICT Beat 2232 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 31, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 78
Robbery- 20
Gun Arrests-10
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