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33-year-old Irene Chavez was found hung in a cell at the Chicago Police Department’s 3rd district station a week before Christmas.
Vigil for Irene Chavez
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune
Daniel and Cynthia Chavez embrace outside the 3rd District police station in Chicago on Dec. 27, 2021. Their daughter Irene Chavez, 33, was found dead from a hanging in a cell while in custody at the station in the early hours of Dec. 18 after being arrested for an alleged misdemeanor offense at Jeffery Pub. 
