MURDERED: George Levin, 63

On January 26, 2025, George Levin, 63, was found dead in his Norwood Park home, bound with duct tape and an electrical cord. Two illegal immigrants, Jefferson Ubilla-Delgado, 29, from Ecuador, and Geiderwuin Bello Morales, 21, from Venezuela, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and robbery. Prosecutors allege that Bello Morales beat Levin, while Ubilla-Delgado admitted to participating in tying him up during a robbery after meeting him via the Grindr dating app. Bello Morales had a prior arrest on January 12, 2025, for allegedly attempting to lure a 13-year-old girl to a car, and was charged with misdemeanor assault; he was released shortly after. Ubilla-Delgado was wearing a Department of Homeland Security GPS ankle monitor at the time of the murder, linked to an unspecified immigration-related issue, not a prior aggravated assault charge.

MURDERED: Maricela Simon Franco, 26

On April 1, 2024, Baltazar Perez-Estrada, a 33-year-old Mexican national who entered the U.S. illegally two weeks prior, allegedly stabbed his wife, Maricela Simon Franco, 26, multiple times in their Carol Stream apartment, nearly decapitating her. The attack occurred in front of their two children.

ATTACKED: Anonymous Victim, 23

On March 16, 2024, Elvis Hernandez-Pernalete (aka Luis Guevara), a Venezuelan national living in a migrant shelter, allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed a woman exiting a train near the University of Illinois Chicago campus. He reportedly believed he had killed her and attempted to move her body. That same day, he assaulted another woman and stole from a TJ Maxx store. A judge denied his pretrial release due to his pattern of attacks.