Death in south suburban Worth is season's first cold death

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An autopsy on Saturday found that a 68-year-old woman was Cook County’s first cold-related death of the season, following recent cool weather preceding this weekend’s snowfall.

Authorities didn’t officially identify the woman found Friday afternoon near the Worth Public Library in the 6900 block of West 111th Street in the south suburb, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The autopsy found that the woman died from a combination of hypothermia and heart disease and the death was ruled an accident.

Hypothermia occurs when the core body temperature drops below 95 degrees Fahrenheit, affecting the heart and respiratory system, according to the Mayo Clinic .

Worth police officials weren’t available to provide additional det