Two people are being questioned by police after a 24-year-old woman was found strangled Tuesday near a dumpster in suburban Des Plaines.
A man was garbage picking about 1:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve in the 1500 block of Maple Street when he noticed an unresponsive woman near a dumpster in a parking lot, Des Plaines police said in a statement.
The man went home and called 911, police said. Officers responded, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said they suspected foul play, and two people were taken into custody for questioning as of Thursday evening.
“The Des Plaines Police Department currently has two persons of interest in custody in relation to the Death Investigation being conducted,” the department said in a statement. “This investigation is still on going.”
An autopsy found she died of strangulation, and her death was ruled a homicide, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Her name has not been released.
The medical examiner’s office initially indicated her age was 57, but later confirmed it was 24.