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Background: News footage of the scene in Chicago, Ill., where Daniel Figueroa was found dead on Feb. 23 (WLS). Inset (left): Montoya Perry (Chicago Police Department). Inset (right): Daniel Figueroa (GoFundMe).
On Tuesday, the Chicago Police Department revealed in a press release that 33-year-old Montoya Perry has been charged in relation to the death of 28-year-old Daniel Figueroa. Figueroa was discovered dead near Loretto Hospital in Chicago at approximately 2 a.m. on Monday, shortly after completing an Uber Eats delivery for a hospital doctor.
The doctor, upon retrieving his order, stumbled upon Figueroa’s body lying on the street, police reported.
Figueroa was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. As previously covered by Law&Crime, surveillance footage captured Figueroa exiting Loretto Hospital after his delivery, only to witness his van being stolen by two men and a woman. In his attempt to thwart the theft, he was dragged by the vehicle for half a block before the perpetrators sped off.
Figueroa was taken to another hospital, where he was pronounced dead. As Law&Crime previously reported, surveillance cameras captured the moment Figueroa came out of Loretto Hospital after dropping off his delivery to find his van being stolen by two men and a woman. As he tried to stop the alleged theft, he was dragged by the van for half a block before the van sped away.
Police announced Tuesday that a person of interest was in custody in connection with the homicide investigation. Perry was arrested and charged with murder and vehicular hijacking the same day. She remains in custody without bond until her next court appearance on March 18.
In an interview with local ABC affiliate WLS, Figueroa’s girlfriend Sandra Guerrero said he had just finished working a shift at Amazon on Sunday before beginning a late-night shift at his second job for Uber Eats. Figueroa had been providing for her and her young son, whom she said he treated as his own.
Information about the other two suspects in the alleged carjacking was not made available. No other arrests have been made. While a cause of death was not released for Figueroa, police said he was “fatally struck by [his] vehicle as the offender fled.”