POLICE: 3 'BLADED WEAPONS' USED TO KILL FAMILY IN GAGE PARK
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A bio-cleaning team has undertaken the difficult job of scrubbing down a Chicago home where a family of six was found murdered last week.
The crew from Bio-One Chicago spent most of the day inside the home in the 5700-block of South California Avenue. It's part of the police department's effort to turn the house back over to surviving relatives.
"They're not in a rush, but they want to get in there. Anything that's of sentimental value, they would like to have," said Dawn Valenti, Chicago Survivors.
The team brought steamers and chemicals inside through the back door, to avoid disturbing the memorial out front. A steady stream of mourners continued to stop by Wednesday with a candle and a prayer for the victims.
"We don't want them to see what happened, we want them to remember the family as it was," said Bill Muir, Bio-One Chicago.
The gruesome job should be done by the time the boys' father arrives in Chicago from Mexico, where he's been waiting for a humanitarian visa to allow him to come claim the bodies.
Because four of the victims were Mexican nationals, the Mexican consulate has been providing legal assistance. They also tell us all funeral expenses are being split between the local governments here and in Mexico.
"There is a crime victim compensation fund," said Consul Marcelino Miranda. "The Illinois government is paying for all the expenses up to the point the remains arrive in Mexico and then after that it's the local governments."
Police describe the inside of the home as a "bloody mess" where six members of the Martinez family were killed. Some were beaten and stabbed or shot. The victims were identified as Noe Martinez Sr., 62; Rosaura Martinez, 58; Noe Martinez Jr., 38; Maria Herminia Martinez, 32; Leonardo Cruz, 13; and Alexis Cruz, 10.
Leonardo and Alexis' father is expected to arrive in Chicago from Mexico on Wednesday.
A funeral service for the victims will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Gall Catholic Church, which is located at 5511 South Sawyer Avenue in Chicago.
An Illinois crime victims fund is covering the cost of the service. The Mexican government will pay for the burials, when their remains arrive in the country.
Police believe the family was targeted. The doors of the home were locked and nothing was taken. Investigators said the idea that this was a home invasion gone bad is highly unlikely, but they have not given a motive.
Investigators are sorting through evidence to figure out why the family was killed.
"Detectives have been working very hard on this case. We've looked at everything from the video that we know was at the light pole on the corner to - we went back over the previous 24 hours and literally pulled video from every CTA bus that went down California," Interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante said.
Police said that they have a lot of resources committed to this case and they are confident it will be solved.
Article Source: http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/87941387-story
On Tuesday, there was a very important meeting between detectives handling the case and crime lab personnel to go over all the evidence. FOX 32 talked with the superintendent about that and other aspects of the case, which he says is getting priority treatment and could lead to a break and an arrest.
"They're not in a rush, but they want to get in there. Anything that's of sentimental value, they would like to have," said Dawn Valenti, Chicago Survivors.
The team brought steamers and chemicals inside through the back door, to avoid disturbing the memorial out front. A steady stream of mourners continued to stop by Wednesday with a candle and a prayer for the victims.
"We don't want them to see what happened, we want them to remember the family as it was," said Bill Muir, Bio-One Chicago.
The gruesome job should be done by the time the boys' father arrives in Chicago from Mexico, where he's been waiting for a humanitarian visa to allow him to come claim the bodies.
Because four of the victims were Mexican nationals, the Mexican consulate has been providing legal assistance. They also tell us all funeral expenses are being split between the local governments here and in Mexico.
"There is a crime victim compensation fund," said Consul Marcelino Miranda. "The Illinois government is paying for all the expenses up to the point the remains arrive in Mexico and then after that it's the local governments."
Police describe the inside of the home as a "bloody mess" where six members of the Martinez family were killed. Some were beaten and stabbed or shot. The victims were identified as Noe Martinez Sr., 62; Rosaura Martinez, 58; Noe Martinez Jr., 38; Maria Herminia Martinez, 32; Leonardo Cruz, 13; and Alexis Cruz, 10.
Leonardo and Alexis' father is expected to arrive in Chicago from Mexico on Wednesday.
A funeral service for the victims will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Gall Catholic Church, which is located at 5511 South Sawyer Avenue in Chicago.
An Illinois crime victims fund is covering the cost of the service. The Mexican government will pay for the burials, when their remains arrive in the country.
Police believe the family was targeted. The doors of the home were locked and nothing was taken. Investigators said the idea that this was a home invasion gone bad is highly unlikely, but they have not given a motive.
Investigators are sorting through evidence to figure out why the family was killed.
"Detectives have been working very hard on this case. We've looked at everything from the video that we know was at the light pole on the corner to - we went back over the previous 24 hours and literally pulled video from every CTA bus that went down California," Interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante said.
Police said that they have a lot of resources committed to this case and they are confident it will be solved.
Article Source: http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/87941387-story
On Tuesday, there was a very important meeting between detectives handling the case and crime lab personnel to go over all the evidence. FOX 32 talked with the superintendent about that and other aspects of the case, which he says is getting priority treatment and could lead to a break and an arrest.
A squad car keeps a watchful eye on the house where 6 members of the Martinez family were brutally murdered last week. But the key to solving this crime will be in what was found inside and is now being processed at the state crime lab.
“A lot of potential evidence was recovered at the scene, the meeting this afternoon was just to sit down with the state crime lab people and work on prioritizing what we think should be processed next. We've got items we think might lead to a break in the case,” Escalante said.
But what that break might be, or who it might lead to, is information police are hesitant to talk about.
FOX 32: Do you believe more than one person was involved in these murders?
“That's hard to say, we haven't ruled anything out, we haven't ruled any motive out,” Escalante responded. “All signs indicate that these poor victims either knew who the offender may have been or the offender was let in somehow.”
All the victims were stabbed to death except for 32-year-old Maria Martinez, who was shot multiple times.
FOX 32: Was she shot and killed execution style?
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