Sun-Times Media Wire; May 6, 2013 6:26AM
A woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds Saturday afternoon in a vacant building in West Englewood on the South Side.
Denise Warfield, 47, was found just before 4:30 p.m. in the building in the 7200 block of South Ashland Avenue, authorities said.
Warfield, of the 7300 block of South Winchester Avenue, was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:30 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
An autopsy Sunday determined Warfield died from multiple stab wounds. Investigators have ruled her death a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Area South detectives are investigating.
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