Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A woman who put hernewborn son into a plastic bag, and left the infant to died in a gangway on the Northwest Side in 2014 will spend less than three years in prison. Ana Rosa Mora, 21, pleaded guilty Nov. 29 to one count of involuntary manslaughter, according to … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Eight people were murdered throughout Chicago last week, raising the city’s homicide total to nearly 100. Five of the eight killings happened over the weekend, which also saw 35 other people wounded by gunfire. The most recent murder happened when 40-year-old Cicero resident Benito Juarez was stabbed during … Read more →

Ana Rosa Mora has been charged with murder after her newborn son was found wrapped in a plastic bag in a Northwest Side gangway this month. The newborn boy was found in a gangway in the 2700 block of North Hamlin Avenue about 8:30 a.m. April 19, authorities said. The infant was dead at the … Read more →