Pregnant woman found dead with stab wounds in suburban apartment fire being investigated as homicide

Authorities in a western suburb launched a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead with stab wounds during a fire in an apartment off Ogden Avenue Thursday evening, police said.

Around 6 p.m., Downers Grove authorities responded to a structure fire in an apartment building on the 2300 block of Ogden Avenue.

A 30-year-old pregnant woman was found in the building with apparent stab wounds, authorities said. She was treated by paramedics and pronounced dead at the scene.

A person of interest is in custody, police said, and the incident is being investigated as a homicide.

Though the DuPage County Coroner’s Office has yet to release the woman’s cause of death and her identification is being held by authorities pending notification to family members.

A second person was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and transported to a local hospital, authorities said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police at 630-434-5600.