Eura Edwards, 62, was found beaten to death in her home in the 11100 block of South Edbrooke Avenue in Roseland, on Chicago's Far South Side, on the morning of Thursday, October 17, 2019. The Chicago Sun-Times homicide tracker, which lists every homicide in the city, records the address as the 11000 block. The Chicago Police Department investigated.
According to Chicago police, officers responded to a well-being check about 8:40 a.m. and found Edwards lying unresponsive on the floor of the home. Paramedics arrived and she was pronounced dead at the scene. A police source told the Sun-Times that she appeared to have died several days before she was found. On Friday, the Cook County medical examiner's office ruled her death a homicide after an autopsy found she died of multiple injuries from an assault.
A police spokesman could not provide additional details about the circumstances of her death, and the Sun-Times reported that detectives did not speak to any witnesses
during the initial investigation. Police did not say who asked for the well-being check, whether there was any sign of forced entry, or whether anything was missing from the home. No suspect description, vehicle, motive or reward offer tied to her death could be found.
Few details of Eura Edwards's life have been made public, but her family did lay her to rest. An obituary notice posted on Legacy.com on October 22, 2019 records that she passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019, the day she was found. An obituary listing from Leak and Sons Funeral Homes shows that her wake and funeral were held on November 2, 2019, at Providence Baptist Church, 8400 S. Ashland Avenue in Chicago, with the wake at 10 a.m. and the service at 11 a.m. Her first name is uncommon, and the people who knew her would likely remember her well.
Roseland is a historic Far South Side community area of brick bungalows and frame houses, with the Michigan Avenue commercial strip running through its center and the Pullman neighborhood just to the east. On a residential block like the 11100 block of South Edbrooke Avenue, neighbors often notice when an older woman stops coming outside, when mail piles up, or when a visitor comes and goes. Someone may remember who was at her home in the days before she was found.
Chicago recorded about 500 homicides in 2019, down from about 580 the year before. Chicago police reported clearing roughly half of the city's homicides in the years from 2019 through 2023, though those figures count cases closed without charges. Cases in which a victim is found days after death, with no witness and no immediate suspect, are among the hardest for detectives to solve.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Eura Edwards could be found in news archives or public records. More than 7 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who saw or spoke with Eura Edwards in the second week of October 2019, or who saw someone at her home on South Edbrooke Avenue in those days, may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a car seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Chicago Police Department's anonymous tip line at (833) 408-0069 or submit a tip online at CPDTIP.com, or contact Cook County Crime Stoppers at (800) 535-STOP (7867).
