CHICAGO (WLS) -- A decomposing body was found after a fire in an East Chatham apartment building early Monday morning, Chicago police said.
Authorities responded to the fire at around 1:20 a.m. in the 7900-block of South Greenwood Avenue. They found a body in a third floor apartment, police said.
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The body is that of a man and is now with the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.
Authorities are conducting an investigation of the fire and a death investigation. Officers were seen questioning some of the neighbors inside the large apartment building.
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Authorities have not said how the person was killed or how long the person was inside the apartment. His identity has not been released.