A woman was found dead inside a trash container on Chicago's Northwest Side Saturday afternoon.

Kelena Hamilton, 37, was discovered dead in the 2100 block of N. Laramie Ave. in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood at around 1:23 p.m., according to Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Hamilton, who lived in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the city's Far South Side, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. An autopsy was scheduled for Sunday.

A police source said she was found in a trash container and any injuries she suffered were not immediately apparent.

Area North detectives were conducting a death investigation.