Police have opened a death investigation after a woman was discovered dead at a terminal early Thursday morning at O’Hare International Airport.
The Chicago Fire Department was called out to Terminal 5 at O’Hare Airport for a report of a woman pinned in machinery around 7:45 a.m., according to department spokesman Larry Langford.
When firefighters arrived they found a woman approximately 40 years of age entangled in the conveyor belt system used to move baggage in terminal 5. Paramedics confirmed the woman was deceased at the scene, Langford said.
The woman’s identity has not been released.
The area was declared a crime scene and the incident was handed over to Chicago police, Langford said.
Detectives were investigating pending autopsy results scheduled for Friday.
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