Chicago Heights police seek help identifying woman found in snow

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Updated: February 25, 2012 8:17AM

Chicago Heights police are seeking help identifying the body of a white female who was found dead in the snow Friday afternoon near an abandoned house in the 1300 block of Otto Boulevard.

Sgt. Thomas Rogers said she was wearing a black Balmoral T-shirt and underwear, and it appeared her navel had been pierced at one time. There were no signs of foul play, he said.

Police responded to a call about 1:30 p.m. Friday about a female lying facedown next to a residential garage. The body was half-covered with snow and showed no signs of life, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office said the cause of death is undetermined, pending the police investigation. The medical examiner’s office described the woman as being in her 20s.

The Illinois State Police crime scene unit was called in to process the scene, and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force is assisting Chicago Heights police detectives with the death investigation, police said.

Susan DeMar Lafferty