Police said Samantha Maldonado named Alejandro Arellano as her killer before she died.
A man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a woman at a CTA station in the Loop over the weekend., and was ordered held without bond Monday afternoon.Police said Maldonado named Arellano as her killer before she died, and detectives were able to track him down in less than 15 hours using surveillance video footage from the CTA station.
Police have said Arellano followed Maldonado after she left Miller's Pub. She walked up the steps of the Adams/Wabash 'L' stop around 1:26 a.m. Saturday, hours before huge St. Patrick's Day crowds arrived downtown. The video shows Maldonado"looking over her shoulder at least three times," then trying to hide behind equipment on the platform, before attempting to get on the train from which Arellano is seen restraining her, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said Chicago Police arrested Arellano at his home less than 15 hours after the stabbing. He had a bloody knife on him when he was arrested, prosecutors said.02:25"Sami was and is a truly one-of-a-kind, beautiful soul. To talk with her was like being reminded of what true joy and generosity looks like in a person. She used her brightness and brilliance in being a great student, graduating with honors from a top University in Ecuador, South America.
"It was very brave of her - and that's the thing, she's brave," said Maldonado's cousin."She's always been brave." "It doesn't feel real completely, honestly," Maldonado's cousin said."It feels - I just kind of almost like, can't believe that it would happen – to think that something like domestic violence and relationships that can go so awry so quickly.
It is because of Arellano that Maldonado's family asked us to hide their identities – for fear of their safety.
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