A 28-year-old patient dressed only in a medical gown and found unresponsive on the roof of a Chicago-area medical center died of hypothermia as a result of cold exposure, according to the ...

While everyone feels the cold, an expert said that feeling is doing more to our bodies — with concerns to be aware of beyond hypothermia.

A 28-year-old woman’s body was found on the roof of a Chicago-area hospital. Now, her family is desperate for answers explaining the circumstances that led to her death and how she got to the roof in the first place.

New details were released after a woman died after being found unresponsive on the roof of a Waukegan hospital.

Freezing winds are expected to remain in the area until Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday morning are expected to be the coldest periods of the stretch. Monday's high will be 10 and the low minus 6. Tuesday's high will be 5 and the low minus 1,

Patient Trapped on Roof of Illinois Hospital Dies of Hypothermia, Vista East Medical Center, Chelsea Adolphus, American Healthcare Systems

Chelsea Adolphus, 28, was missing for nearly seven hours before she was discovered on the roof of Vista Medical Center East wearing only a medical gown last week.

The family of 28-year-old Chelsea Adolphus hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump to represent them in a wrongful death lawsuit against Waukegan's Vista Medical Center East.

Authorities on Monday released the cause of death for the patient who died hours after she was found on the roof of Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan.

Chelsea Adolphus died of hypothermia after being on a hospital's roof for nearly seven hours in below-freezing temperatures wearing only a hospital gown. The suit alleges negligence and medical malpractice.

Chelsea Adolphus, 28, left her hospital room at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan around 2 a.m. Jan. 23 and somehow made her way to the roof where she remained until roughly 8:45 a.m. wearing only a gown.