(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Sunday’s cooler weather is welcome relief for residents of a Rogers Park apartment building where three women were found dead yesterday in very hot conditions.
Chicago firefighters did a unit by unit search of the James Sneider apartments after three women were found dead over a 12-hour span. Linda Sharpe lives in the building at Rogers and Paulina that’s owned by Hispanic Housing Development Corporation. She spoke to CBS 2.
"Last night I could not sleep. I was up to 3 o'clock in the morning. Sweating, drinking lots of fluids, but the whole night it was very uncomfortable," she said.
The medical examiner is conducting autopsies on the victims- Delores McNeely, 76, Gwendolyn Osbourne, 72 and Janice Reed, 68.
Alderwoman Maria Hadden said a facebook live maybe it’s time to change the city’s ordinance about heat and air conditioning.
"Common sense isn't prevailing in building management companies who seem more interested in saving a buck when they should have turned on that air conditioning. Then maybe the city needs to come up with some change in legislation."
The mayor’s office said it’s working to make sure the residents of the buildings are safe, and that management owns responsibility for the care of its residents.
"If any residents are experiencing uncomfortably warm temperatures in their buildings, they should call 311, and building management and the City will respond," read a statement.
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