Homicide Watch Chicago

By ASHLEE REZIN Chicago Sun-Times A third man has been charged with the fatal beating of 17-year-old Ezequiel Velazquez on New Year’s Day 2013 in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Daniel Malave, 29, faces one count of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Velazquez, who Chicago Police called a rival … Read more →

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder for allegedly beating 17-year-old Ezequiel Velasquez to death during a New Year’s Day carjacking on the Southwest Side. Accomplice Vincent Lopez, 22, of the 5800 block of South Whipple Street, was charged in August with one count of first degree murder in Velasquez’ death, police said. Velasquez … Read more →

Ezequiel Velasquez, 17, died Jan. 9 from injuries he sustained more than a week earlier during a New Year’s Day beating. He was expecting a daughter, who was born on June 22. His mother wrote the following letter to Homicide Watch Chicago. My name is Lydia Velasquez and I lost my son by cause of … Read more →

Sun-Times Media Wire, January 9, 2013 10:12PM A Southwest Side teen died Wednesday, more than a week after robbers allegedly ripped him and a woman out of a vehicle and beat them before driving off in a New Year’s Day carjacking. Ezequiel Velasquez, 17, and a 21-year-old woman were headed westbound on 40th Street when … Read more →