Body Found In North Lawndale Neighborhood

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Police are investigating after a body was found in North Lawndale Thursday night.

Officials say the body was found under a car inside a garage near 18^th Street and South Central Park.

Family members fear that it may be that of a woman who disappeared nearly two weeks ago.

26-year-old Shantieya Smith was last seen May 26 near West 16^th Street and South Central Park Avenue.

Thursday morning, a group of community activists and residents gathered at the 10^th District Police Station to pressure police to do more to find Smith and three other missing women from Lawnsdale in recent months.

Police are working to identify the body.

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