Identified! IL - Rachel Catledge, Riverdale, 5 Sept 2019

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A woman’s burned body is left near a dumpster in an alley in the south suburbs.

A village inspector made the grizzly discovery.

CBS 2’s Vi Nguyen has the story from the Riverdale Police Department, where the family of a missing woman is waiting to see if it’s their loved one.

Family reported her missing when she didn’t show up to orientation for a new job.

They spent most of Friday afternoon at the police department, working with detectives to see if their loved one is the same person who was found dead on Thursday.

Family and friends of Rachel Catledge waited outside the Riverdale Police Department, fearing the worst. Her cousin went to the crime scene behind an apartment building in Riverdale, praying it wasn’t her.

“Don’t have a clue. All she did was take care of her son,” said Catledge’s cousin Harlen Hudson.

Catledge was reported missing this week in Burnham when her mother couldn’t get a hold of her. The family put together a flyer to try to find her.

Thursday afternoon, a village employee found a burned body near a dumpster on South Atlantic Avenue while on a routine inspection.

The crime scene is right across the street from where family said Catledge used to live in Riverdale.

The medical examiner said the woman found was strangled and now Catledge’s family wants to know if it’s really her.

The family said Catledge has a four-year-old son and she several tattoos.
Family Of Missing Woman Fear The Worst As A Burned Body Is Found In Riverdale
 
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A woman’s burned body is left near a dumpster in an alley in the south suburbs.

A village inspector made the grizzly discovery.

CBS 2’s Vi Nguyen has the story from the Riverdale Police Department, where the family of a missing woman is waiting to see if it’s their loved one.

Family reported her missing when she didn’t show up to orientation for a new job.

They spent most of Friday afternoon at the police department, working with detectives to see if their loved one is the same person who was found dead on Thursday.

Family and friends of Rachel Catledge waited outside the Riverdale Police Department, fearing the worst. Her cousin went to the crime scene behind an apartment building in Riverdale, praying it wasn’t her.

“Don’t have a clue. All she did was take care of her son,” said Catledge’s cousin Harlen Hudson.

Catledge was reported missing this week in Burnham when her mother couldn’t get a hold of her. The family put together a flyer to try to find her.

Thursday afternoon, a village employee found a burned body near a dumpster on South Atlantic Avenue while on a routine inspection.

The crime scene is right across the street from where family said Catledge used to live in Riverdale.

The medical examiner said the woman found was strangled and now Catledge’s family wants to know if it’s really her.

The family said Catledge has a four-year-old son and she several tattoos.
Family Of Missing Woman Fear The Worst As A Burned Body Is Found In Riverdale
How awful, no matter who it is. No one deserves to die that way.

My thoughts are with the family. I hope they get an answer soon.
 
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SEP 6, 2019
Woman found 'partially burned' in Riverdale alley died of strangulation, autopsy says
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Police haven't yet identified the woman as family members are still being notified.

The woman was reported missing, Riverdale Police Chief David Demik said in a press conference on Friday.

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"We don't believe it was a random act of violence. It was directed," Demik said.

Police believe that the rest of the community is safe.

Officers have also gathered some surveillance footage from the area, which the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force is evaluating.

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  • #4
SEP 9, 2019
Family Hopes For Answers After Woman Found Dead in Riverdale
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A family in south suburban Riverdale gathered on Monday to search for answers in their loved one's death, three days after her body was found.

...Family members said the body is that of Rachel Catledge.

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Caltedge's family told NBC 5 that they believe the man who killed her, the father of her unborn baby who was named a person of interest in her death, was in custody on Monday.

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Rachel's family members said they won't be satisfied until charges are filed by prosecutors.

[...]

Moore said he wants everybody to know how Rachel's death has affected their family.

"How do I have that conversation with a 6-year-old that his mother is never going to pick him up?" he said. "Never again. It's senseless."

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  • #5
SEP 6, 2019
Woman found dead, ‘partially burned’ in Riverdale was strangled: autopsy

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A Riverdale village inspector on a “routine inspection” found Rachel Catledge, 34, dead about 11:30 a.m. in an alley behind a building in the 14000 block of South Atlantic Avenue, according to a statement from Riverdale police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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Riverdale Police Chief David Demik said in a news conference that Catledge was not from Riverdale. It was unclear where she was killed.

“We are following several leads on this,” Demik said. “The woman was reported missing, who was discovered there. We don’t believe this was a random act of violence.”

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Rachel Catledge's Obituary
Obituary for Rachel Catledge
Passed 09/05/2019

Leak and Sons Funeral Home 18400 S. Pulaski Road Country Club Hills, IL 60478

September 15, 2019 Wake: 5:00pm ~ 6:00pm Funeral: 6:00pm ~ 7:00pm

Rest peacefully, Rachel.
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