The dead woman who was found entangled in a baggage conveyor belt at Chicago害羞草研究所檚 O害羞草研究所橦are International Airport was from North Carolina, authorities said Friday.
The Cook County Medical Examiner害羞草研究所檚 Office identified the woman as 57-year-old Virginia Christine Vinton of Waxhaw, North Carolina. The office害羞草研究所檚 spokesperson, Natalia Derevyanny, said an autopsy was scheduled for Friday.
Firefighters responding to a 911 call found Vinton害羞草研究所檚 body entangled in the belt around 7:45 a.m. Thursday in a baggage room near a terminal that serves international flights.
According to police, surveillance footage shows Vinton enter the area around 2:27 a.m. Thursday, but it doesn害羞草研究所檛 show what happened to her.
The room where Vinton害羞草研究所檚 body was found is off limits to the public, and it害羞草研究所檚 unclear why she was in it, authorities said. A U.S. Department of Labor spokesman said she was not an airport employee.
Police declined to comment further on the matter.
There was no immediate response Friday to messages left at possible phone numbers listed as belonging to Vinton害羞草研究所檚 family
The Associated Press
