Cause of Death Revealed for Woman Found 'Entangled' in Chicago Airport Baggage System

Virginia Christine Vinton's body was found on Thursday, Aug. 8

The cause of death for the 57-year-old woman whose body was found in a baggage area at Chicago's O’Hare International Airport last week has reportedly been revealed.

Virginia Christine Vinton died by suicide on Thursday, Aug. 8, per the Associated Press and local TV stations WFLD and WLS, citing the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

The manner of death was hanging and asphyxiation.

On Aug. 8, Vinton was pronounced deceased at the scene at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time, the Chicago Police Department previously confirmed to PEOPLE.

She had been seen on video "entering an unoccupied restricted area at 2:27 a.m.," police added, stating that the Chicago Fire Department had responded to a call of an unresponsive female later that morning.

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According to the AP, she was found "entangled in a conveyor belt system in a baggage room."

Vinton, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, was subsequently identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office on Friday, Aug. 9

U.S. Department of Labor spokesperson Scott Allen told PEOPLE that Vinton was not an airport employee.

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Representatives for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office and Chicago Police Department didn't immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Wednesday.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.

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