Crime & Safety
Police Cancel Amber Alert After Boy, 8, Found While Investigating Deadly Chicago South Side Stabbing
Police said just before 7 p.m. Thursday, in the 7100 block of South Eberhart Avenue, a woman was stabbed multiple times inside her home.
Updated on: February 21, 2025 / 6:44 AM CST
An Amber Alert has been canceled after an 8-year-old boy was found safe after he was abducted Thursday night in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. This comes as Chicago police are investigating a deadly stabbing of a woman that happened an hour apart on the same block.
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The alert was canceled just before 4:30 a.m. All police say is the boy is safe and unharmed. Police, however, have yet to connect these two crimes, though they occurred on the same block an hour apart.
Police said just before 7 p.m. Thursday, in the 7100 block of South Eberhart Avenue, a woman was stabbed multiple times inside her home. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she died.
