A Mexican illegal immigrant has been detained in Chicago after allegedly decapitating a missing Illinois woman and storing her body in a bleach-filled storage container.
Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, of Waukegan, Illinois, was detained in April and charged with hiding a corpse, abusing a corpse, and obstructing justice, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Lake County Judge Randie Bruno immediately freed Mendoza-Gonzalez from detention following his first court appearance.
He was arrested again. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested him on Saturday afternoon at a Chicago market, and he is still in ICE custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Megan Bos, 37, was reported missing on March 9, and her body was discovered in a container in Mendoza-Gonzalez’s yard in April, according to authorities.
She went missing in February, according to family members.
Mendoza-Gonzalez was accused of holding Bos’ body in his yard for about two months and torturing her remains.
According to DHS investigators, Bos’ body was decapitated and discovered in a storage container filled with bleach.
“It is absolutely repulsive this monster walked free on Illinois’ streets after allegedly committing such a heinous crime,” a DHS spokesperson told Fox News. “Megan Bos and her family will have justice.”
Following Mendoza-Gonzalez’s release in April, Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner attacked the legislation that permitted the suspected criminal alien to be released, according to FOX 32 Chicago.
“I was shocked to find out literally the next day that the person that they had arrested for this had been released from prison under the SAFE-T Act less than, detained less, I think, than 48 hours,” Gartner said. “There’s other extenuating circumstances in this case. Not only the type of crime, how long the crime was concealed, the fact that the person that was arrested for this is not a U.S. citizen, and, you know, can maybe [flee] the country.”
According to the report, Mendoza-Gonzalez allegedly told authorities that Bos had overdosed at his house, and instead of contacting 911, he shattered her phone and hid her body in the basement for two days before transporting it outside.
Republican state representative Tom Weber expressed alarm over Mendoza-Gonzalez’s release in April.
“Someone that hid their body in a garbage can for 51 days after leaving it in the basement for two days, after not calling 911 [and] breaking a phone. Is this a non-detainable offense?” Weber said. “Should we not find out, wait for a toxicology report, anything?”
