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Frankie Smith, 38, was found dead on May 10, 2015, in a black Pontiac Grand Prix parked near Thomas and Latrobe in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Her body showed severe trauma — two black eyes, a fractured neck, a lacerated liver, and four broken ribs — and was cold to the touch when discovered, consistent with a violent assault and having been dead for some time.

Neighbors reported a violent altercation at the apartment of 37-year-old Phil Jones that morning and later heard sounds like something heavy being dragged down the stairs. Bloodstains on the apartment walls, a fingernail at the top of the stairs, and strands of hair were found, suggesting a struggle. Jones allegedly told an acquaintance he had beaten Smith, inflicted the black eyes, kicked her, and pulled out her hair before placing her in the car. An arrest warrant was issued a week later; Jones fled to Iowa, where he was arrested and returned to Chicago. He had a prior domestic battery conviction in 2011, and a judge ordered him held without bail, calling him a danger to society.

Did anyone in the Austin neighborhood see or hear anything that morning that could shed more light on what happened?