CHICAGO CBS -- The two men accused of tying up and killing a year-old man in his basement apartment in Norwood Park last weekend had gone to his apartment for sex after meeting him on a dating app, prosecutors said in court on Saturday. Jefferson Ubilla-Delgado, 29, from Venezuela, and Geiderwuin Bello Morales, 21, from Ecuador, both have been charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the death of year-old George Levin. Prosecutors said Bello Morales and Ubilla-Delgado had met Levin through a dating app, and had gone to his apartment for sex on Sunday night.
At their first court appearance on Saturday, a judge ordered the men to be held in jail as their case moves forward. Levin's sister found him late Sunday night in the basement apartment of the home they shared with their mother in Norwood Park. Levin had dinner with his mother and sister at their home earlier that night, before Levin excused himself to go back to his apartment alone around 8 p.
About half an hour later, Levin's sister heard a loud noise from the basement, and when she walked downstairs to check on him, she saw Bello Morales leaving her brother's bedroom. When she asked him where Levin was, Bello Morales assured her he was okay, and he would have Levin call her later. A short time later, surveillance video captured Bello Morales and Ubilla-Delgado leaving Levin's apartment. Levin's sister didn't see her brother again until she forced the door open shortly before 11 p.
She found her Levin tied up โ his hands bound with duct tape and his feet tied together with an electrical cord โ and a sock stuffed in his mouth and secured with duct tape, according to prosecutors. He had been badly beaten and possibly suffocated. Levin's sister pulled the duct tape off her brother's mouth and performed CPR while waiting for paramedics to arrive, according to prosecutors.
Levin was taken to Ascension Resurrection hospital, and was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined he died of multiple injuries, and his death was ruled a homicide. Prosecutors said he suffered a hemorrhage to the neck, a subdural hemorrhage to the head, and fractured ribs. They were also caught on camera at a vape shop where they tried and failed to withdraw money from an ATM using Levin's credit cards. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the time of the murder.
