(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A woman who was found beaten and robbed on a CTA Red Line train earlier this month died over the weekend.
CTA employees found Vivian Morgan, 61, unresponsive and lying across the seats of a train car about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 4 near the Roosevelt station, 30 E. Roosevelt Road, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Morgan was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead there at 7:15 a.m. Saturday. An autopsy Sunday was inconclusive and pending further studies, according to the medical examiner’s office.
The suspect in the attack, Mijawon Johnson, 36, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and a misdemeanor count of violating an order of protection, police said. A Cook County judge ordered Johnson detained.
A spokesperson for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office was not immediately available to say if charges were expected to be upgraded.
Court documents say Johnson was one of two suspects on the train who tried to steal Morgan’s bag. Johnson allegedly held her head on a train seat while he punched her in the abdomen and head and “stomped” on her body, leaving her brain-dead, according to the documents.
Morgan suffered cuts and bruises to her face, broken ribs and trauma to her body, police said.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2024. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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