Crime & Safety

Human Remains Found In North Side Chicago House

Police said at 11:15 a.m., what they called possible human remains were found in the house at 2835 W. Fitch Ave.

(CBS Chicago)

February 13, 2024

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Police were investigating Monday evening after police found human remains in the basement of a house in the West Ridge community.

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Police said at 11:15 a.m., what they called possible human remains were found in the house at 2835 W. Fitch Ave., between California and Francisco avenues and half a block south of busy Touhy Avenue.

Investigators left the home around 5:30 p.m., after spending the whole day there. Yet before the scene was cleared, investigators from the Cook County Medical Examiner's office came to the scene to remove an intact body from the house.

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