Eva Michalski, 69, was taken into custody shortly after police on a well-being check found the body of 96-year-old Regina Michalski around 4:35 p.m. Monday in the 5500 block of West Melrose Street.
Eva Bratcher, 69, was charged with concealing a body after Chicago police discovered the body of her 96-year-old mother, Regina Michalski, in a freezer at their home.
Neighbors say police escorted the woman's daughter away from the property minutes after discovering the body. The mother and daughter had lived together for years on the first floor of the two-flat, and the daughter was the building’s landlord, neighbors said. But those same neighbors said they hadn’t seen the 96-year-old woman in several years.