Police: Second teen held in Elgin murder

A second teenager was arrested and charged Tuesday in the weekend slaying of a 16-year-old Elgin boy that police have called "a robbery gone bad."

Police late Tuesday did not identify the 16-year-old arrested, but they said he is being charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted armed robbery and one count of attempted robbery. They said he had been in custody for 24 hours on unrelated charges and then was questioned in the weekend slaying.

Joshua D. Dunbar, 19, of the 600 block of Margaret Avenue, is being held on $1.5 million bond and was charged earlier with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted armed robbery.

Police say that at 12:05 a.m. Saturday, Dunbar and the second teen tried to steal a backpack from Edgar Guerra-Guzman on the 300 block of North Jackson Street.

An altercation ensued. Dunbar stabbed Guerra-Guzman in the chest with a knife and left him lying in the street, police said.

Guerra-Guzman, a Larkin High School sophomore, was taken to Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said more details on the allegations against the second teen, as well as his identity, would be released this morning.

Guerra-Guzman's funeral Mass will be held today at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in downtown Elgin.

Edgar was one of Jose and Maria Elena Guerra-Guzman's four sons. His youngest brother is a kindergartner at the parish school, Principal Janine Bolchazy said Tuesday.

Bolchazy spoke highly of the Guerra-Guzmans, calling them a good family with close ties.

The family, she said, is "devastated. Why this happened, we don't know. We're all praying for the family during this difficult time."

A visitation was held from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Wait Ross Allanson Funeral and Cremation Services, 51 Center St., Elgin. Eighth-graders from the school will serve as altar servers during the 10 a.m. Mass, Bolchazy said.

According to the funeral home, burial will take place in Mexico.

The teen's death marked the third homicide in Elgin this year.

At his bond hearing Tuesday morning, Dunbar said he dropped out of school after his freshman year in high school and previously cleaned vehicles at auto dealerships before he was fired from that job three weeks ago.

He spent his life living in Elgin and Michigan. Three months ago he moved back to Elgin, he said.

Dunbar's prior arrests include larceny and selling drugs.

"They didn't get anything on me except a (small amount of marijuana)," Dunbar said during his bond hearing Tuesday.

Dunbar needs $150,000 cash to secure his release while the case is pending. He is due in court at 9 a.m. June 10 at the Kane County Judicial Center.

If found guilty of any one of the murder charges, he could spend between 20 and 60 years in prison.