Homicide Watch Chicago

A South Side man charged in his sister’s boyfriend’s murder following a drunken July 4th attack had killed another person in similar fashion on Christmas more than 25 years ago, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday. Alvaro Elizondo was sentenced to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 1987 incident … Read more →

Charges have been upgraded against a man who allegedly beat his roommate to death during a fight July 4 outside their South Side home. Juan Zavala, 46, and his roommate Alvaro Elizondo, 45, got into a fight about 10 p.m. on July 4 on the street outside their home in the 4400 block of South … Read more →