CHICAGO (STMW) – A married couple was found dead in a Gage Park neighborhood apartment Monday afternoon on the Southwest Side, and both appeared to have suffered stab wounds.
A roommate of the married couple found them dead, according to Wentworth Area police Sgt. James Lamperis.
It was not immediately known if the weapon was recovered and no one was in custody as of 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the sergeant.
The 46-year-old man and 22-year-old woman were dead in their second-floor apartment in the 5700 block of South Albany Avenue at 3:24 p.m. when police arrived at the scene, police said. Both appeared to have stab wounds to the body.
The man was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m. Monday at the scene and the woman was pronounced dead at 4:53 p.m., also at the scene, according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
The two remain unidentified early Tuesday, according to the spokesman.
Police have yet to classify the deaths as murders and are awaiting the results of Tuesday autopsies.
Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.
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