UNSOLVED DOUBLE HOMICIDE ANNIVERSARY PASSES

by Joseph Wiszowaty

SAUK VILLAGE |  The two year anniversary of an unsolved murder of two men went by virtually unnoticed.  Marcus Mireles and Abel Galindo were murdered in a house at 22642 Brookwood December 6, 2011. 

Mireles was 19, and Galindo just 18, were found by Wesley Thompson who was the listing agent for the property at the time.  Thompson said then he hadn’t shown the house in weeks, but the property’s owner would periodically bring prospective buyers through.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed at the time the discovery of the bodies, however, the Sauk Village Police Department refused to put out any formal statement at the time.  The department was being run by the now former temporary Chief of Police Robert Fox, a political appointee of former Mayor Lewis Towers.  Fox at the time refused to put out any information or even acknowledge the murder as the Chicago news media stuck around for several days getting information from outside agencies.

Both Mireles and Galindo had lived in Lansing, Illinois at the time of their murders.  Mireles suffered a gunshot wound to the head and Galindo faired much worse with multiple gunshot wounds, the incident was obviously ruled a homicide by the medical examiner. 

The family offered a reward at the time for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers, however, no arrests have been made to date.  Sauk Village Police have not released any information with respect to the case to date.

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Mireles and Galindo