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Woman's decomposing body found in trash can in Chicago's Back of the Yards community

The decomposing body of a woman was found in an alley in Chicago's Back of the Yards community this weekend.

At 6:25 p.m. Saturday, the woman's body was found in a garbage can behind the 700 block of West 54th Street, near Emerald Avenue.

There was no word Sunday morning on what might have happened.

Wentworth Area detectives were conducting a death investigation pending autopsy results.

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