The body of a Chicago woman who had been missing for two months was found wrapped in sheets and tied to a shopping cart near where she went missing.
Surveillance footage last captured 21-year-old Rosa Chacon on January 18 as she got into a rideshare outside her parent’s home in Chicago.
Rosa’s mother told a local news outlet that her daughter told her she would get an Uber to her destination and back before leaving the house that day. The mother said that Rosa did not tell her where she was heading, who she was meeting, or who ordered the Uber. According to the devastated woman, Rosa did not carry anything with her, including her ID or a coat.
An Uber representative told the outlet that the company could not release information for policy and privacy reasons.
According to the family, after reporting Rosa missing in January, the police did little to help them. Rosa’s boyfriend, Alejandro Guzman, said that the police told them that a crime would have to be committed for them to take action.
Her body was discovered at around 10:45 am on Wednesday, March 15, about two miles from where she had last been spotted. Her family identified her from the tattoos on her body.
Police discovered her remains wrapped in sheets and tied in a shopping cart in a back alley.
Rosa’s heartbroken mom told the outlet that she could not understand how someone could kill somebody like that.
The Cook County medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine her cause of death.
Rosa’s father, Jose Lucio, said it was unusual for Rosa not to call or text when she leaves as they usually hear from her whenever she is away. He said Rosa would call the next day or an hour after she left to let them know she was safe.
The family hired a private investigator on March 6 to help search for her. They shared a missing person’s flyer last week on social media and posted on Thursday that she had been found dead.
The community offered a $15,000 reward for anyone with information about Rosa’s death that led to a conviction.