Chicago woman found dead in garage identified as missing 26-year-old
Shantieya Smith | Chicago Police
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - The body of a woman found dead last week in the Lawndale neighborhood has been identified as a missing 26-year-old woman.
Shantieya Smith, 26, was last seen on May 25 in the 1600 block of South Central Park, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
Smith was found dead about 5:30 p.m. Thursday just two blocks away in a garage in the 1800 block of South Central Park, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A ruling on the cause and manner of her death has not been made pending further investigation, the medical examiner’s office said.