An elderly woman was found pushing a shopping cart with a dead body in it Saturday evening in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers responded to a well-being check at 7:53 p.m. in the 8600 block of South Calumet and found the woman with the body of a female, whose identity and age was unknown, Chicago Police said.
The woman was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, police said.
Police originally reported that the deceased was male.
No further information was immediately available as police were conducting a death investigation.
