CHICAGO– The dead woman who was found entangled in a baggage claim at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was from North Carolina, authorities said Friday.
The Cook County coroner identified the woman as Virginia Christine Vinton, 57, of Waxhaw, North Carolina. Office spokeswoman Natalia Derevyanny said an autopsy was scheduled for Friday.
Firefighters responding to a 911 call found Vinton’s body tangled in a belt in a luggage compartment near an international flight terminal around 7:45 a.m. Thursday.
Police said surveillance footage showed Vinton entering the area around 2:27 a.m. Thursday morning, but it did not show what happened to her.
The room where Vinton’s body was found is off-limits to the public and it is unclear why she was there, authorities said. A U.S. Department of Labor spokesman said she was not an airport employee.
Police declined to comment further on the matter.