Attorney’s Tip Leads Police to Question Man in Chicago Strangulation Homicide

Overview

• Police say a criminal defense attorney alerted them that his client wanted to surrender and that a woman was dead inside a Greater Grand Crossing apartment.
• First responders forced entry at 524 E. 72nd St. and found 29-year-old Terriyanna Johnson on a bedroom floor under a blanket.
• The Cook County medical examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by strangulation.
• Detectives are interviewing a man identified as a person of interest, and no arrest or charges have been announced.
• Police reports note a small amount of blood near her head and a bruise on her upper left arm.