Roseland stabbing victim identified as 61-year-old woman

Vicky D. Braboy was attacked in the 100 block of West 111th Place, police said.

At least 26 people were shot in Chicago in the first night of the weekend. — A person was fatally stabbed April 16, 2021, in Roseland.

A 61-year-old woman was stabbed to death Friday in Roseland on the Far South Side.

Vicky D. Braboy was stabbed multiple times by a male who entered a home about 1:30 p.m. in the 100 block of West 111th Place, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Braboy was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. She lived in the same block where she was stabbed, the medical examiner’s office said.

An autopsy found she died of multiple sharp force injuries and ruled her death a homicide.

No arrest has been reported.

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