Crime & Safety

Woman Hung Herself in Playground at Special Needs School: Cops

Police in Morton Grove stumbled upon the tragic situation early Thursday morning.

MORTON GROVE, IL - An 18-year-old woman hung herself on the playground of a special needs school in the village this week.

Police found the woman at 6:15 a.m. Thursday in the playground of the Molloy Education Center at 8701 N. Menard, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.

An autopsy indicated the woman, who lived in Morton Grove, died of asphyxia by hanging in a suicide.
No students were present at the time the incident was discovered.

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