Coroner IDs woman found dead on East St. Louis street
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the name of the victim.
East St. Louis Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on a street Saturday morning.
Residents in the 1800 block of Gaty Avenue looked out of their windows and saw what appeared to be a body and they called police, Assistant Police Chief Ranodore Foggs said.
Harriett K. Childers, 49, of the 2200 block of Alberta Drive in St. Louis, is the victim, according to St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr.
Foggs would not say whether police know the cause of death of the victim.
Police are in the early stages of their investigation and have only a few details to release, he said.
When officers arrived on the scene, the woman was “unresponsive,” Foggs said.
“Paramedics were unable to revive her. The coroner’s office was called. She was pronounced dead on scene,” he said.
East St. Louis Police and Illinois State Police agents who work with the Public Safety Enforcement Group, or PSEG, are jointly investigating the death.
This story was originally published August 27, 2022 at 12:04 PM.
