Chicago: Landlord of senior high rise resisted turning on AC during heat wave - 3 women found dead days later

[Emily]

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Three women died in Chicago apartment building without air conditioning, alderwoman says


By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published May 14, 2022 8:50PM
Rogers Park
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - Chicago Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) said on Facebook on Saturday that three people have died in an apartment building without air conditioning in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

Hadden said that she had started getting complaints from residents at the James Sneider apartments, 7450 N Rogers, on Thursday. By that time, Chicago had suffered through days of an unseasonable heat wave.

Hadden said that she had visited with residents still without air conditioning and that the heat was unbearable. Management had turned on the air conditioning on Saturday.

"From being in those units – it's so hot. These are senior residents. Residents with health conditions," Hadden said.

The Chicago Fire Department was on site on Saturday and confirmed that over the course of the afternoon and evening, three women in their 60s and 70s were found dead...

 

[Emily]

I hope nothing like this happens again - so shocking.

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Families of women who died during heat spell in Rogers Park senior high-rise file lawsuits

By Tia Ewing
Published May 24, 2022
Rogers Park
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - During a heat spell this month, three women were found dead in the James Sneider Apartments for seniors in Rogers Park.

The families want justice and they are hiring big-name lawyers to get it: Sam Adam, Ben Crump, and now Larry Rogers Jr.

Powers Rogers LLP is representing the family of Janice Lee Reed...