College Student Found Strangled to Death in Parking Garage — and Person of Interest Is in Custody

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Police in Chicago have announced that a person of interest is in custody in connection with the strangulation death of a University of Illinois at Chicago student over the weekend.

On Saturday morning, the body of 19-year-old Ruth George was found in the backseat of a car parked in a campus parking garage,according to UIC police. George’s family had reported her missing and UIC police were able to locate her after tracking her cell phone.

George had been strangled and her deathwas ruled a homicide, the Cook County Medical Examiner announced Sunday night, theChicago Sun-Timesreports.

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Georgewas from Naperville, Illinois,where she graduated from the local high school in 2018, according to her Facebook.

“Ruth was such a sweet girl and had the biggest and brightest smile,” Naperville Central High School gymnasticscoach Christina Tardysaid, according to Fox 32 Chicago. “We loved having her as a member of the NCHS gymnastics team and she was so fun to watch compete, especially on the floor exercise. She was a great teammate and we are going to miss her dearly.”

George was a sophomore honors student majoring in kinesiology and had hoped to be a health professional.

source: people.com