Homicide Watch Chicago

By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-Times A Humboldt Park man admitted to shaking his infant daughter Aliya Acosta so hard at their Humboldt Park home, it killed the 2-month-old, according to Cook County prosecutors. And days after Aliya died, 18-year-old Christopher Villegas allegedly tried to strangle the child’s mother. Villegas was ordered held without bond Thursday … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire It was another violent week in Chicago, with at least 10 people killed last week, including three in the West Austin neighborhood alone. The death toll included a 2-month-old girl whose death in the Humboldt Park neighborhood was ruled a homicide by child abuse; and a popular local rapper … Read more →

By LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times Wire An autopsy found that 2-month-old Aliya Acosta, who died Thursday after spending the last three weeks in a hospital, was a child abuse victim and her death has been ruled a homicide. Family members took Aliya to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center about 4 p.m. Jan. 17 after … Read more →