Prosecutors describe gruesome Chicago family massacre

Before Diego Uribe Cruz plunged a knife into his 13-year-old cousin, he had the boy look out the window and wait for his grandfather who was on his way home with hot chocolate and tamales, Cook County State's Attorney Alvarez said Friday, describing the "horrific" slaughter of the six members of a Gage Park family last winter.

"Please no! Please don't! I just want to live," prosecutors said Leonardo Cruz cried out as he was pushed into a corner and stabbed repeatedly while the teen's other relatives - including his 10-year-old brother, Alexis - lay in pools of blood.

Uribe Cruz, 22, who had allegedly come to the home with his girlfriend and a gun in tow on Feb. 2, "hung" out with the family and even ate with them before the attack Judge James Brown and Alvarez described as "pure evil."

Uribe Cruz, the nephew of victim Maria Martinez's ex-husband, told police he had a "lot of anger" at how she treated his uncle.

But his main motivation to kill that day was to score cash, Uribe Cruz's girlfriend, 19-year-old Jafeth Ramos, confessed to detectives, Assistant State's Attorney Guy Lisuzzo said.

The couple, who asked the boys to show them where money was located used some of the $550 they swiped for diapers and milk for their 0ne-year-old son, Lisuzzo said.

Some of change stolen from the home, in the 5700 block of South California, was taken from a piggy bank. Uribe Cruz and Ramos also took jewelry, an Xbox One gaming system and cellphones, which they later broke and disposed, Lisuzzo said.

Alvarez said the murders were among the most gruesome she dealt with during her career.

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