Prosecutor: Mom’s boyfriend threw 21-month-old Raiylana Vasquez across the room, then stomped on her stomach

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A Back of the Yards man was ordered held without bond Thursday for beating his girlfriend’s 21-month-old baby, Raiylana Vasquez, to death on Tuesday, according to prosecutors. While baby-sitting Raiylana, 22-year-old Uriel Vega pulled the infant off the couch, threw her across the kitchen and into a bedroom, and then … Read more →

Back of the Yards man charged with fatally beating Raiylana Vasquez, his girlfriend’s 21-month-old daughter

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been charged with beating Raiylana Vasquez, his girlfriend’s 21-month-old baby, to death Tuesday morning in their Back of the Yards neighborhood home. Uriel Vega, 22, faces one count of first-degree murder for the death of Raiylana, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s … Read more →

Uriel Vega

Suspected in the Nov. 8, 2016 death of Raiylana Vasquez.

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