Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire An alleged gang member was sentenced to seven years in prison last week after he pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing Benito Juarez of Cicero in Little Village in 2014. Jose Marroquin, 36, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder before Judge Vincent Gaughan on Friday, according to Cook County court records. … Read more →

Jose Marroquin / Photo from Chicago Police BY BRIAN SLODYSKO Chicago Sun-Times Jose Marroquin has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing 40-year-old Benito Juarez to death last month in the Little Village neighborhood. Prosecutors said Marroquin and several friends were inside the Las Delicias restaurant at 4142 W. 26th at 4:40 a.m. April 27 … 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 →

A Cicero man was stabbed to death during an argument in the Little Village neighborhood early Sunday. Benito Juarez, 40, was walking in the 4100 block of West 26th Street when several males approached him about about 4:40 a.m., authorities said. An argument ensued and Juarez was stabbed in the the throat area, authorities said. … Read more →