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Woman found dead in Roseland alley

Gloria Smith, 37, was located about 4:50 p.m. Monday in the 10700 block of South Edbrooke Avenue.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime scene tape. File photo — A woman, whose age is unknown, was found dead Monday, Aug. 8 in an alley in the Roseland neighborhood.

A woman was found dead in an alley Monday in the Roseland neighborhood, police said.

Gloria Smith, 37, was located about 4:50 p.m. in the 10700 block of South Edbrooke Avenue, Chicago police said.

Authorities are investigating the incident as a homicide, police said, but no other details were immediately available.

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