Family of Chicago woman, 21, whose body was found in a laundry cart say she was ID’d by her tattoos
The body of a 21-year-old girl last seen getting into an Uber was found in a laundry cart wrapped in sheets two months after she went missing.
Rosa Chacon’s body was recovered in a suburban Chicago neighborhood near the 2300 block of West 24th Place, investigators confirmed Wednesday.
Chacón was last seen on surveillance footage of the home getting into the carpool on January 18, but did not tell her family where she was going. She left her identification and coat behind her.
‘Normally, when our daughter leaves, we hear from her. She calls the next day, she calls an hour after she leaves, she’s in a house, she’s safe, she’s nice and warm. But we didn’t hear anything,’ said José Lucio, the victim’s father. WLS-TV. ‘I miss my baby.’
His body was tied up and in a plastic bag. Chacón’s cause of death is pending.
Rosa Chacón’s body was recovered in a suburban Chicago neighborhood near the 2300 block of West 24th Place. She was last seen getting into an Uber and was found in a laundry cart wrapped in sheets two months later.
Chacón (above) was last seen on home surveillance video getting into the carpool on January 18, but did not tell her family where she was going. She left her ID and coat behind
The victim’s mother, also called Rosa Chacón, recalled the brief conversation she had with her daughter before she disappeared.
“She said, ‘I’ll be back, Mom. I took the Uber ride there and the Uber ride back,’ that’s what she told me,” her mother told the news outlet.
Chacón did not tell her parents where she was going or who ordered the car for her, something her father now regrets.
his mother told him CBS Chacón called her the next morning asking for a ride from an unknown location before the phone went dead moments later.
“She asked me if she could choose and then the phone went dead and then I called and called and called … and I didn’t answer,” her mother said.
Juan Lucio, Chacón’s brother, added that she was a “party girl” but that she was not in trouble.
Uber did not release information about who drove Chacón the night he disappeared because of its privacy policy, according to WLS-TV.
The victim’s body was identified by his family by his tattoos.
‘Her hands were tied, they were tied up and wrapped in a sheet, in a plastic bag. She couldn’t do that to herself,” Lucio told CBS News.
His body was found a few miles from his home.
“I don’t know how they have the heart to do something like that to someone,” her mother added.
The victim’s mother, also named Rosa Chacón (left), recalled the brief conversation she had with her daughter before she disappeared. The 21-year-old said that she was leaving and José Lucio, the victim’s father, regrets not asking where she was going
Chacón did not tell her parents where she was going or who ordered the car for her, something her father now regrets. A missing person flyer was made earlier this month.
The victim was found tied up in the laundry cart near the 2300 block of West 24th Place (above). Her body was in a plastic bag, according to her father.
Chacón’s body was found just a few miles from his home. Pictured above is the Chicago neighborhood where Chacón lived.
Chacón’s family alleged that the police did not provide much help once they reported her as a missing person.
Chacón’s family claimed that police did not provide much help once they reported her as a missing person.
“The police said that a crime had to be committed for them to do something,” Alejandro Guzmán, Chacón’s boyfriend, told the news outlet.
Chacón was found with the help of a private investigator hired by the family on March 6.
Jose L. Richart of the Richart Detective Agency said they found Chacon a week after they posted a missing persons flyer.
“The family contacted our office for help because they recognize that the city of Chicago has a lot of cases like this,” Richart told Newsweek.
“We began our investigation and obtained Rosa Chacón’s phone records… We talked to many people and followed up on numerous leads.”
“The body was taken to the Cook County Morgue where it could not be identified for reasons I cannot share at this time… At that time, Rosa Chacon was identified as Jane Doe,” Richart added.
Chacón’s community is now offering a $15,000 reward to anyone who comes forward with information leading to the arrest of his killer.
Chacón was found with the help of a private investigator hired by the family on March 6.