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    Medical examiner determines dead woman found entangled in O’Hare baggage machinery died by suicide

    2024-08-09
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    FILE - The O’Hare International Airport terminals are seen from the south air traffic control tower in Chicago, April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

    CHICAGO (AP) — The dead woman who was found entangled in a baggage conveyor belt at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport died by suicide, authorities said Friday.

    The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded following an autopsy that the 57-year-old woman died by asphyxiation from hanging.

    Firefighters responding to a 911 call found the woman’s body entangled in the belt around 7:45 a.m. Thursday in a baggage room near a terminal that serves international flights.

    According to police, surveillance footage shows the woman entering the area around 2:27 a.m. Thursday, but it doesn’t show what happened to her. The room where the woman was found is off limits to the public.

    Police declined to comment further on the matter pending the outcome of an investigation.

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    Editor’s Note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org.

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    Cary Hernandez
    08-12
    Hahajahahahahahahah omg..hahahahahahhaahahahha....suicide? Really? Is this fucking doctor just covering for the fucking airlines or what? of I was going to kill myself..would I plan it so I get tangled in a baggage machine? Your people must think? fuck I don't know what the fuck your thinking putting this BULLSHIT out there?.. Now for once, I agree with whoever is going to sue these airlines because the lawsuits will be coming .....with that kind of answer.
    JellyBean
    08-11
    There are easier and more accommodating ways to commit suicide. I don't believe that!
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