Overview
- City workers discovered apparent human remains inside a garbage can in an alley on the 300 block of East 68th Street after a trash pick-up, with the find reported around 9:30 a.m. on Monday.
- Area detectives from the Chicago Police Department opened a death investigation and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene to begin evidence collection.
- Local reporting described the recovered material as heavily decomposed, including two skeletonized legs and parts of a skull, which officials say will require autopsy and forensic analysis for identification.
- The scene is roughly three miles from the July 11 Back of the Yards case in which Zenobia Weatherspoon’s remains were found, and police say there is currently no indication the two cases are connected.
- Officials have released few details while forensic work continues, and community leaders and relatives in prior cases have urged prompt identification, transparent reporting, and support for neighbors as investigators complete tests.