Woman Found Dead In South Side Alley

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 42-year-old woman was found dead, apparently beaten, in a South Side alley early Friday, police said.

Officers found the woman in the 2000 block of West 51st Street in the Back Of The Yards neighborhood about 1:30 a.m., police said.

She suffered blunt force trauma to her upper body.

Detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

No one was in custody.