In the South Loop, the body was discovered outside, near the railroad tracks in the 1600-block of South Prairie Avenue, police said.
While in Dolton, family members identified the victim as Alexis Burks, a postal worker who had recently moved away from her family in the south suburbs and into her own apartment in Merrillville, Ind.
Burks was shot multiple times, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.She was found near 146th Street and Woodlawn Avenue and pronounced dead at about 1 p.m.No arrests were made Saturday. Police are investigating and trying to determine if anything was captured on area surveillance cameras.