An 80-year-old woman who had been reported missing was found dead Monday after apparently falling down a trash chute in the Gold Coast neighborhood, authorities said.
Police found the woman unresponsive after being called to a building in the 1500 block of North Astor Street about 10:30 a.m., Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
The woman, later identified as Florence Benta, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:50 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Benta, who lived in the building where she was found dead, had been reported missing March 30.
Police are investigating the circumstances of her death.
The 48-story building is the same one where a teenage boy with Down syndrome and autism died last year after falling down a trash chute in what officials ruled an accident.
Charlie Manley, 16, was found dead Feb. 22, 2012 after falling 46 stories.
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