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As WLT Report previously reported, a woman tragically died last Thursday morning at Chicago O’Hare Airport after getting stuck in a baggage carousel.
A 57-year-old woman died last week after getting stuck in a baggage carousel in Chicago.
The Department of Labor reported that the woman who got stuck was not a worker at O’Hare International Airport.
The Chicago Fire Department reported they received a call about a woman being “pinned in machinery” at 7:45 a.m.
Shortly after first responders arrived on the scene, the woman was pronounced dead.
A further investigation has revealed the woman has been identified as Christine Vinton, and her death has been ruled a suicide after she hung herself.
*BREAKING NEWS* Firefighters and authorities discovered a 57 year old woman dead being trapped inside the baggage conveyer belt. Medical personnel determined her cause of death to be asphyxiated from hanging herself, aka suicide. The motive behind her going to a restricted room pic.twitter.com/Oguv6Ft09o
— TheNewsCompany.co (@TheNewsCompany1) August 11, 2024
A 57-year-old woman has lost her life after becoming caught in the baggage carousel at Chicago O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5. The woman was reportedly "pinned in the machinery."
Emergency responders confirmed that she was trapped in the conveyor belt system.… pic.twitter.com/YXaeI1m1y5
— Morbid Knowledge (@Morbidful) August 9, 2024
Here’s what The Daily Mail reported:
The cause of death for a North Carolina woman who was found ‘entangled’ in a baggage claim conveyor belt at Chicago O’Hare has been revealed.
The death of Christine Vinton, 57, of Waxhaw, Virginia, was ruled a suicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday.
She died by asphyxiation due to hanging, a spokesperson told The Chicago Tribune
The 57-year-old was found inside a restricted area in Terminal 5 shortly before 8am on Thursday where she was found unresponsive and ‘entangled’ in the conveyor belt.
Surveillance footage showed the woman entering the unoccupied area around 2:30am – five hours before her body was discovered.
Vinton was pronounced dead at the scene and was not an airport employee.
🇺🇸WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN CONVEYOR BELT IN CHICAGO AIRPORT?!
The body of 57-year-old Virginia Christine Vinton was discovered tangled in a conveyor belt at O’Hare Airport, with authorities confirming her death as a suicide by hanging and asphyxiation.
She accessed a restricted area… pic.twitter.com/IwO61DR5D3
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 10, 2024
Per AOL:
Authorities are saying that the woman found dead inside the baggage claim of a Chicago airport is being considered a suicide.
The 57-year-old woman was found “pinned” inside the baggage conveyor belt machinery at O’Hare International Airport on Thursday.
The medical examiner’s office has determined the cause of death to be asphyxiation from being hanged — declaring it a suicide, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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