An autopsy performed Wednesday on a girl found dead inside an apartment building in the city’s South Shore neighborhood found she was strangled.

       The victim was identified as Amarise Parker, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The office wasn’t able to provide an age for the victim.

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       Amarise Parker, 15, was found strangled to death inside an apartment building in the city’s South Shore neighborhood on Dec. 13, 2023. (Chicago Police Department)