Man And Woman Found Beaten To Death In Bellwood Home

Elmhurst IL

03 June, 2021

4:09 PM

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BELLWOOD, IL — A man and woman were found beaten to death this week in their Bellwood home after officers were called to investigate a bad odor coming from the apartment. Police entered the home in the 3400 block of Warren Avenue on Wednesday afternoon where they found the decomposing bodies of a 60-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman, officials said. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office ruled both deaths as homicides, noting the pair both died from head injuries consistent with an assault. Police have not released their names or confirmed if any items were stolen from the property. Bellwood has recorded one other homicide in 2020, three in 2019 and five in 2018, according to medical examiner logs.