Overview
- Fire crews and police responded to a vehicle fire just after 12:15 a.m. Friday and found an unresponsive person inside the car.
- The incident occurred in the 10800 block of South Eggleston Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side of Chicago.
- The Cook County Medical Examiner pronounced the person dead at the scene and the victim’s name has not been released.
- Area Two detectives opened a death investigation and an autopsy has been scheduled to establish the cause and manner of death.
- Officials say they will withhold further details until the autopsy and investigative work are complete, and family notification is made.