2 people dead found dead in Chinatown hotel

Sun-Times Media Wire
Monday, October 12, 2020
2 people dead found dead in Chinatown hotel
Chicago police are investigating the deaths of two people in a hotel room in Chicago's Chinatown.

CHICAGO -- Chicago police are investigating the deaths of two people in a hotel room in Chinatown Sunday.

About 2:35 p.m., police found a 24-year-old man and 61-year-old woman dead inside a hotel room in the 200-block of West Cermak Road, police said.

Additional details were not immediately available, police said, and Area One detectives are conducting a death investigation.

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(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire - Copyright Chicago Sun-Times 2020.)

CORRECTION: Our report initally indicated the crime took place in Armour Square but has since been updated to reflect the address located in Chinatown.