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CHICAGO (AP) — A civilian oversight office is investigating the death of a woman who allegedly killed herself while in Chicago police custody. Irene Chavez, 33, was being held in the city's 3rd District police station when the Civilian Office of Police Accountability received notification of an attempted suicide on Dec.

A civilian oversight office is investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman who allegedly killed herself while in Chicago police custody

The family of a woman who a police oversight organization says hanged herself while in custody claims there are inconsistencies in the police account and that the department is “hiding” facts. Ten days after the incident, the administration of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Police Department have yet to release any public statement.

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Irene Chavez, a U.S. military veteran, died in the early-morning hours of Dec. 18.