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Family wants justice for kin killed in Illinois

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Connie Macatula-DeLeon, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yU1LIYeJI1E?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>SKOKIE, Illinois - The family of the Filipino-American man whose frozen body was found in a Chicago suburb last month is crying for justice. Reports say that victim Anthony Del Barrio was with a male friend when he was shot between Jan. 19 and 20 at the corner of Oleander Avenue and Greenwood Street.His body was found in Morton Grove in northern Chicago on Jan. 20.“Mom called and told me she was on her way to the Morton Grove Police Station but she didn’t know why. And she asked me if I’ve talked to my brother that day and I said no. So she went there. Ten minutes later, she calls back and she said that he had passed,” said his sister, Marilyn Del Barrio-Vargas.“Apparently, he was found at 9 o’clock in the morning by one of the neighbors in the area. He was in between two houses,” said sister Jocelyn Del Barrio-Vargas. “It seems like his body has been out there throughout the night because his body was found frozen.”Although investigators do not think that the shooting occurred where his body was found, a trail of footprints showed that Del Barrio had been walking around the area prior to his death.“They were able to confirm that it was actually a gunshot wound through the left buttock and out the right thigh,” said Jocelyn.It has been almost a month since the incident but Del Barrio&#x27;s sister said her parents were still in shock and could not believe what happened to their only son.“She knew that he was going out with his friends that night and he told my Dad that he would be back the next day to watch the football game and he didn’t come so I guess my parents were suspicious because he would always usually come,” Jocelyn added.The family is pleading to the suspect who is still at-large.“Just come forward because he [has] not only taken my brother’s life but taken a part of our lives as well. And it will always be engraved in our lives. It’s not just one life; it’s all of our lives,” said Jocelyn.“We just need justice for Anthony. He did not deserve for this to happen to him,” Marilyn said.Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out to the Morton Grove Police Department at 847-470-5200. Read more on <a href="https://balitangamerica.tv/">Balitang America</a>.

SKOKIE, Illinois - The family of the Filipino-American man whose frozen body was found in a Chicago suburb last month is crying for justice.

SKOKIE, Illinois - The family of the Filipino-American man whose frozen body was found in a Chicago suburb last month is crying for justice.

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Family wants justice for kin killed in Illinois

Connie Macatula-DeLeon,

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

Published Feb 13, 2019 04:03 PM PHT

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