Angela Angel Shatteen, a 36-year-old Black woman, was found dead on April 3, 1995, inside an abandoned house at 5043 South Carpenter Street on Chicago’s South Side. Schoolchildren discovered her body in the attic; she was lying on a mattress beneath a blanket, partially unclothed, with a white electrical cord wrapped around her neck. The medical examiner determined she had been strangled and ruled the death a homicide, noting bruising to her forehead and left eye, injuries around her mouth, and evidence of both manual and ligature strangulation.

Toxicology detected cocaine and metabolites, and forensic swabs were collected from her mouth, vagina and rectum. Male DNA was recovered from the vaginal swab and later matched to Andre Crawford after he was taken into custody; Crawford also gave recorded statements describing the encounter and the assault that align with the autopsy findings. The case was prosecuted as part of a larger series of killings on the South Side that investigators eventually linked to Crawford.

Does anyone have information about Angel Shatteen, her life, or her whereabouts before April 3, 1995?