Girl, 8, asphyxiated in home, mom attempted suicide, sources say
By Brad Edwards
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CHICAGO (WBBM) — Police are conducting a death investigation after an 8-year-old girl was found dead inside a home in the Uptown neighborhood. Sources said the girl was asphyxiated, and her mother was hospitalized after a suicide attempt.
Police said the girl was found unresponsive inside a home in the 4600 block of North Winthrop Avenue around 11 a.m. Wednesday.
She was pronounced dead at the scene, and has been identified as Amaria Osby, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. Police sources told CBS 2’s Brad Edwards the girl was asphyxiated.
Police said a 38-year-old woman in the home was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital in good condition.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation told CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot that woman is Amaria’s mother, who was hospitalized after trying to kill herself.
Area 3 detectives are investigating. Sources said the family is known to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, but further details were not immediately available.
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