Police cancel South Shore sexual assault alert

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Police have canceled a community alert about an alleged sexual assault overnight in the South Shore neighborhood after detectives were unable to substantiate the victim’s story.

Chicago police issued the alert shortly before 2 p.m. Monday, alleging that a female victim had been sexually assaulted sometime between 11 p.m. Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday in the 7600 block of South Cornell.

Police canceled the alert at 4 p.m. Monday, stating that her story was found to be “unsubstantiated upon interview with detectives.”


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