Angelina Rosa Escobar, 20, was found stabbed to death on the afternoon of Saturday, April 20, 2024, in a bedroom of a home in the 7700 block of South Trumbull Avenue in the Ashburn neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side. The Chicago Police Department investigated her death as a homicide.
Officers responded about 3:50 p.m. to the residence and found her inside, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in suburban Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead. Police did not say how many times she was stabbed, who called for help, or whether anyone else was in the home at the time.
Police said that day that detectives were questioning a person of interest. No name was released, and no charge against that person or anyone else could be found in the months and years that followed. Police did not publicly describe a motive or say whether she knew her attacker, though the attack happened inside a home rather than on the street. No reward tied to her case could be found.
Funeral notices identify her as Angelina Rosa Escobar Bravo, of Cicero, and say she died on April 20, 2024, at the age of 20. A visitation was held for her on Sunday, May 5, 2024, from 3 to 8 p.m., arranged through the Sourek funeral home, and her name appears on the 2024 memorial list of St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, published by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Her family has not spoken publicly about her death in any coverage found for this account. A different young woman named Angelina Escobar was killed in Albany Park in 2009; that case is unrelated.
The 7700 block of South Trumbull Avenue lies in Ashburn, a residential neighborhood of single-family bungalows and quiet side streets near the city's southwest edge, not far from Ford City and the Oak Lawn border. Killings inside homes there are uncommon. Neighbors who were home on that Saturday afternoon, or who noticed people coming and going from the house earlier that day, may remember details that matter.
Chicago recorded about 590 homicides in 2024, down from about 620 in 2023 and well below the roughly 800 of 2021, the deadliest year in a quarter century. Chicago police reported clearing 56 percent of homicides in 2024, though that figure counts cases closed without charges.
Her age and sex stand out. Most homicide victims in Chicago are men, and a young woman killed inside a home, with a person of interest questioned the same day, is the kind of case where people close to her may know far more than has ever been made public.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Angelina Rosa Escobar could be found in news archives or public records. More than 2 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Angelina, who spoke with her in the days before April 20, 2024, or who knows who was with her in the house on South Trumbull Avenue that afternoon, may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a car seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Chicago Police Department's anonymous tip line at (833) 408-0069 or submit a tip online at CPDTIP.com, or contact Cook County Crime Stoppers at (800) 535-STOP (7867).
