Police: Andrea Brown beat woman to death in East Garfield Park

Andrea Brown / Photo from Chicago Police
Andrea Brown / Photo from Chicago Police

Andrea Brown has been charged with murder for allegedly beating another woman to death Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, police said.

Officers were called to a building in the 800 block of South California Avenue and found a 37-year-old woman dead in a hallway about 5 p.m. Sunday, police said.

Brown, 23, and the woman had previously gotten into a fight, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released the name of the 37-year-old woman as of Tuesday afternoon.

Brown, of the 4000 block of North Sheridan Road, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and is scheduled to appear in bond court Tuesday.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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