Woman found beaten to death in Englewood home

Aaliyah Newell was found about 6:50 p.m. Wednesday in the 7200 block of South Vincennes Avenue.

Crime scene tape. File photo

A woman was beaten to death Mar. 23, 2022, in Englewood.

Sun-Times file

A woman was found beaten to death Wednesday evening in an Englewood home on the South Side.

The woman, 47, was found about 6:50 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Vincennes Avenue, Chicago police said.

She had suffered blunt force trauma to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. She was identified as Aaliyah Newell by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

There was no one in custody.

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