Chicago man used ‘large machete’ to slash co-worker to death, prosecutors say
Rosemary Sobol
Chicago – A 21-year-old Chicago man allegedly used a “large machete” to slash his co-worker to death at an auto body shop before stuffing the body in the trunk of a Cadillac on the city’s Northwest Side, prosecutors said Friday.
Cook County Judge Susana L. Ortiz ordered Martin O. Molina held without bail during a court hearing that was livestreamed on YouTube after what she called an “extremely violent and extremely vicious” random attack of 42-year-old Felipe Villalobos-Calderon.
Molina was charged Thursday with murder in the death of Portage Park resident Villalobos-Calderon, whose body was found inside the trunk of a Cadillac parked on the street in the city’s Belmont Central neighborhood, police said.
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A 21-year-old man is facing murder charges after police found a dead body in the trunk of a car Wednesday morning in Belmont Central on the Northwest Side.
Martin Molina was arrested near the crime scene Wednesday and was identified as the person who fatally stabbed 42-year-old Felipe Villalobos-Calderon, of Portage Park, Chicago police said.
Calderon was found about 11:30 a.m. in the trunk of a car parked on the street in the 2100 block of North Marmora Avenue, police said.
Autopsy results showed he died multiple sharp force trauma and the Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide.
A 21-year-old West Side man is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing a 42-year-old man whose body was found in the trunk of a car on the Northwest Side on Wednesday, police said.
CHICAGO â A 21-year-old Chicago man allegedly used a âlarge macheteâ to slash his co-worker to death at an auto body shop before stuffing the body in the trunk of a Cadillac on the cityâs Northwest Side, prosecutors said Friday.
Cook County Judge Susana L. Ortiz ordered Martin O. Molina held without bail during a court hearing that was livestreamed on YouTube after what she called an âextremely violent and extremely viciousâ random attack of 42-year-old Felipe Villalobos-Calderon.
Molina was charged Thursday with murder in the death of Portage Park resident Villalobos-Calderon, whose body was found inside the trunk of a Cadillac parked on the street in the cityâs Belmont Central neighborhood, police said.
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