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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

‘Like an oven’: Heat in woman’s unit was intolerable, son says after mom dies in Rogers Park senior home

Janice Reed (right) and her son, Veldarin Jackson Sr. Reed was found dead Saturday at the James Sneider Apartments in Rogers Park, along with two other women.

Before Janice Reed was found dead Saturday inside her apartment at a senior living facility in Rogers Park, she spent days complaining to family and friends about the heat inside the building.

“She had even went down to talk to [the staff] about turning the air on,” her son, Veldarin Jackson Sr., told the Sun-Times Monday. “And they told her no, you know the policy, we have to wait until June 1.”

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