Person arrested after woman found dead in Far South Side trash can
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - Charges were pending against someone in connection to a woman found stabbed to death in a garbage can Monday afternoon in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.
About 1:50 p.m., Betty Wallace, 67, was found unresponsive in an alley in the 10800 block of South Prospect, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
She lived a few blocks away in the East Beverly neighborhood, authorities said.
An autopsy on Tuesday found Wallace died of multiple sharp force injuries. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Police said Wednesday night that a person was arrested in connection to the death and that charges were pending.