Woman, Young Girl Found Murdered Inside Dunning Home
(STMW) --A woman and a young girl were found murdered Sunday morning inside a home in the Dunning neighborhood, shortly after a man told police in north suburban Waukegan that he had just "harmed his family."
Police discovered the bodies at 9 a.m. in the 3400 block of North Odell, police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada said.
Earlier, police in north suburban Waukegan responded to an incident involving a "suicidal man," Estrada said. That person told officers he harmed his family after he was taken into custody.
Chicago Police were then dispatched to the home on Odell, where they found a dead woman and child, Estrada said.
The Cook County Medical examiner's office confirmed the deaths of a woman in her 30s and a girl between the ages of 5 and 11. Their names were not released Sunday afternoon.
Neighbor Maggie Witucki said her friend used to babysit the couple's two girls, who she identified as Victoria, 7, and Gabby, 5. She said the couple would bicker often, and neighbors sometimes had to call police when things got loud, but the squabbling never turned violent.
Another neighbor at the scene Sunday morning, Patti Schoessow, said she saw the family out for a stroll on Saturday night. Their sheepdog, who the neighbor said is named Lyla, ran across the street into the neighbor's yard.
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The wife chased the dog and promised the neighbor it wouldn't bite. The husband followed. Then they walked back across the street and began to walk around the block with their two young girls in a motorized toy car.
The neighbor said the girls are about 5 and 7 years old.
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