11 cold deaths reported in Cook County so far this season

SHARE 11 cold deaths reported in Cook County so far this season
crimescenetape.jpg

Sun-Times file photo

A man found dead on the South Side and a woman found dead in west suburban Berwyn are Cook County’s 10th and 11th cold deaths of the season.

A man was found at Ashland and Archer avenues and was pronounced dead at 7:57 a.m. Monday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. An autopsy found he died of hypothermia due to cold exposure. His identity has not been released pending notification of his family.

Carol Berkes, 77, was found in the 2300 block of Harvey Avenue in Berwyn and pronounced dead at 5:17 p.m. Sunday, the medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy found Berkes, who lived in the same block, died of cardiovascular disease, with diabetes mellitus and cold exposure listed as contributing factors.

Both deaths were ruled accidents, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Nine other cold-related deaths have been recorded in Cook County since Oct. 23, 2017, according to records maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Additionally, a man who suffered a fall and hypothermia in south suburban Beecher in Will County was pronounced dead last week at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

Last year, the first cold-related death of the winter season was reported Oct. 22, 2016. At least 27 cold-related deaths were reported last winter, according to authorities.

The Latest
The man was shot in the left eye area in the 5700 block of South Christiana Avenue on the city’s Southwest Side.
Most women who seek abortions are women of color, especially Black women. Restricting access to mifepristone, as a case now before the Supreme Court seeks to do, would worsen racial health disparities.
The Bears have spent months studying the draft. They’ll spend the next one plotting what could happen.
Woman is getting anxious about how often she has to host her husband’s hunting buddy and his wife, who don’t contribute at all to mealtimes.
He launched a campaign against a proposed neo-Nazis march at a time the suburb was home to many Holocaust survivors. His rabbi at Skokie Central Congregation urged Jews to ignore the Nazis. “I jumped up and said, ‘No, Rabbi. We will not stay home and close the windows.’ ”