A teenager is charged with stabbing a 30-year-old pregnant mom to death at her home in suburban Chicago.
Investigators were called to the scene of an apartment fire in Downers Grove Monday and found Eliza Morales dead with multiple stab wounds, WLS reported.
Investigators believe 19-year-old Nedas Revuckas knocked at Morales’ door and attacked her when she answered.
He has been charged with first degree murder, robbery, homicide of an unborn child, arson, and animal cruelty, the Daily Herald said.
He is accused of stealing a cellphone, a work lanyard, and work identification from Morales and of stabbing her dog during the attack.
Another person was treated for smoke inhalation from the fire Revuckas set after killing Morales.
Morales’ baby was due in March. Her other child, a toddler, was with her mother-in-law in a neighboring apartment at the time of the attack.
Gabriel Morales, Eliza Morales’s husband, was at work at the time of the attack, according to WLS.
“I’m gonna spend the rest of my life missing her,” Morales said.” I can get every second back with her and just continue try to live through her for my daughter. And continue to be strong for my family.”
Family said that Eliza Morales worked in the parole department of a children’s hospital. They also said neither she nor anyone else in the family knew the attacker, who was from the neighboring suburb of Westmont, WMAQ reported.
Revuckas is set to make his first court appearance Wednesday morning, authorities said.
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[Featured image: Nedas Revuckas/DuPage County Sheriff’s Office and Eliza Morales/handout]
