Man, 64, stabbed to death in Garfield Ridge

Police found a man inside a home in the 4600 block of South Laramie Avenue with a stab wound to his neck.

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A 64-year-old man was stabbed to death Wednesday in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Officers found Michael Harper about 10:30 a.m. in a home in the 4600 block of South Laramie Avenue. He was unresponsive and had a stab wound in his neck, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

His death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner’s office.

No arrests were reported.

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