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18-year-old charged with strangling teen mom to death

Micahel Cunningham, 18
Micahel Cunningham, 18
Chicago Police Department

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A Murder charge has been filed against an 18-year-old West Side man in connection with the death of a 17-year-old mother.

Chiyenne Washington was found unresponsive on Saturday in a first-floor apartment in the 1200 block of South Washtenaw Avenue. She later died at a hospital.


She had been strangled, police said. Washington had an infant son.

Prosecutors have now charged 18-year-old Micahel Cunningham with her murder.

Washington's mother had said after her death that she had been having trouble with someone who lives at the address where she was found.

Cunningham was arrested on Sunday.

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