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Man found beaten to death in hallway of Englewood apartment building: police

Officers conducting a well-being check in the 7100 block of South Lowe Avenue found the 42-year-old unresponsive Sunday morning, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was found beaten to death in the hallway of an Englewood apartment building Sunday morning, according to Chicago police.

Officers conducting a well-being check in the 7100 block of South Lowe Avenue found the man unresponsive at 4:30 a.m., police said.

David Castile, 42, was taken to the University of Chicago and pronounced dead at 7:30 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Police said the murder may have been domestic-related. No arrests were reported.

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