Death of Annette Harris, found lying floor of her Avalon Park home three months ago, now ruled a homicide

Jeff Mayes — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:18:09 -0600

The death of a 57-year-old Annette Harris in her South Side Avalon Park neighborhood home nearly three months ago has been ruled a homicide.

A family member discovered Harris lying unresponsive in the hallway of her home in the 1100 block of East 81st Street about 9:30 a.m. Nov. 12, 2016, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

She was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:17 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy at the time did not rule on cause and manner of death, with results pending further study and investigation. But on Wednesday, the medical examiner's office said the death was caused by sharp force injury to the neck, and ruled it a homicide.

Area South detectives are conducting a death investigation, police said Thursday morning.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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Death of Annette Harris, found lying floor of her Avalon Park home three months ago, now ruled a homicide