Elderly woman's death ruled homicide on South Side

An autopsy report today revealed that a 90-year-old woman who was found decomposed inside her home on the city's South Side died of heart disease and elder neglect in a homicide.
Della Cotton, of the 400 block of West Marquette Road, was pronounced dead at 2:20 a.m. today.
An autopsy this afternoon listed heart disease as a primary cause of death and elder neglect as a secondary cause.
Cotton's death was ruled a homicide