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Gage Park stabbings

Gage Park stabbings
Location Gage Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Coordinates 41°47′23″N 87°41′38″W / 41.7898°N 87.694°W / 41.7898; -87.694
Date February 2, 2016
c. 5:30 p.m. (CST)
Attack type
Mass murder, stabbing, shooting, robbery, familicide
Weapons Firearm, three knives
Deaths 6
Suspected perpetrators
Diego Uribe and Jafeth Ramos
Motive Robbery

The Gage Park stabbings refers to the murders of six members of the Martinez family in the Gage Park neighborhood of Chicago.

On February 4, 2016, the bodies of Noe Martinez, his wife Rosaura, their son Noe Jr., their daughter Maria, and Maria's sons, Leonardo and Alexi, were discovered in the house at 5708 South California Avenue in Gage Park, Chicago, Illinois. Five of the victims were stabbed to death, and the sixth victim, Maria Martinez, was shot.

On May 19, 2016, police arrested Diego Uribe, a relative of the family, and his girlfriend, Jafeth Ramos, in connection to the murders, saying that the massacre was a robbery gone horribly wrong.

Diego Uribe, who is the nephew of Maria Martinez's ex-husband, allegedly arrived at the Martinez household in the late afternoon or early evening of February 2, 2016 with the intention of robbing and killing the family. Uribe was let into the house as he was frequent visitor to the house and apparently had a good relationship with Maria Martinez's two sons. Uribe then allegedly argued with Maria Martinez in the upper floor of the house before shooting her four times in the head. Noe Martinez Jr. rushed upstairs after hearing the shots, but Uribe allegedly beat him to death with his gun. Rosaura Martinez also rushed upstairs and was allegedly pushed downstairs by Uribe, who then grabbed several knives from the kitchen and stabbed her several times. Uribe then allegedly forced the young boys to retrieve cash, an Xbox and other valuables from various rooms in the house. Uribe then allegedly took the younger boy, Alexi, to the basement and stabbed him to death, and then returned upstairs and murdered the older boy, who begged for his life saying "Please no! Please don't! I just want to live!" Uribe then waited for the grandfather, Noe Martinez Sr. to arrive back to house from the store, whereupon he beat and stabbed him to death.

Uribe and Ramos made off with the Xbox, about $550 in cash and jewelry which they pawned for about $150. Ramos is not believed to have directly committed any of the murders but has been described as an "active participant" in the massacre.

The exact time at which the murders were committed is unknown, but the victims stop answering texts and phone calls to their cell phones between 5:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. on February 2.

Police were called to the home to perform a well-being check after a coworker of one of the victims, Noe Martinez Jr, expressed concern because the victim hadn't come to work since February 2. The bodies were discovered at around 1:05 p.m. on February 4 and quickly identified. No one from the family had been seen since February 2. Police initially stated that the events may have been a murder-suicide but have since ruled that all the deaths were homicides. Five of the victims were stabbed while the other one was shot.


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