Body left in SUV identified
JOLIET TOWNSHIP

January 10, 2008
By BRIAN STANLEY Staff Writer


JOLIET TOWNSHIP -- A man found beaten to death Monday night in the back of an SUV has been identified.

Will County Coroner Patrick K. O'Neil said family members identified Gerardo DeLatorre, 37, of Lyons.

"The cause of death was multiple-blunt force trauma and is being investigated by the Will County sheriff's office as a homicide," O'Neil said.

O'Neil also said neither of DeLatorre's arms had been severed from his body as was previously reported by the sheriff's office.

"The report of a missing arm is unfounded. However, DeLatorre's body was partially dismembered," he said.

Nick Ficarello, deputy chief of the Special Operations Bureau, said investigators want to keep specifics about the condition of DeLatorre's body confidential because it could help their case.

"An object found in the vehicle may have been used (to inflict his injuries), but it has not been tested yet," Ficarello said.

Reports indicate DeLatorre, who lived in the 400 block of Fishermans Terrace in Lyons, may have been an illegal immigrant and did not have a police record.


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