Crime & Safety
Arlington Heights Woman Falls From 4th Floor Apartment: Cops
Police found the woman on the ground Saturday near the apartment complex where she lived.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — A 78-year old woman fell from the fourth floor of an Arlington Heights apartment building on North Arlington Heights Road on Saturday. Foul play is not suspected in the death, but Arlington Heights police are investigating the incident, according to the Daily Herald.
According to police, officers arrived at the apartment building in the 200 block of North Arlington Heights Road after receiving reports Saturday, Sept. of someone on the driveway to Hancock Square apartments, the report stated. Mary Lawlor was found outside the apartment building where she lived and was pronounced dead, the report added.
The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled Lawlor's death as accidental, the report stated. Police said the screen on a window in Lawlor's apartment had been damaged, and investigators believe she inadvertently fell through the window, the report stated.
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