Two Chicago teenagers were found guilty Monday in the slaying of a 15-year-old boy who refused to flash a gang sign when a group of gang members confronted him and his girlfriend in 2009, prosecutors said.
Alex Arellano who was burned, beaten and shot, was discovered in the backyard of a vacant home in the 3000 block of West 54th Place a day after he was killed May 1, 2009. On Monday, Jovanny Martinez and Erick Ortiz, both 19, were convicted of first-degree murder in Alex's slaying by Cook County Circuit Judge Maura Slattery Boyle, said state's attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton.
Alisa Campos, 25, and Edgar Silva, 22, are both already in prison after pleading guilty in connection with Alex’s slaying, according to court and Illinois Department of Corrections records.
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