A Chicago-area man suspected of taking part in a 2009 killing, and a Los Angeles man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child last month, have been named to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
In the Illinois case, Luis Macedo was charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 15-year-old Alex Arellano.
Arellano was killed on July 1, 2009, after he had gone to a neighborhood miles from where he lived in the hopes of meeting girls he'd communicated with online, media accounts at the time said.
As he walked down the street on his way to a friend's house with three girls, he was confronted by members of the Latin Kings street gang. They demanded that he give the gang's sign. But the teenager said he was not a member of the gang and even lifted up his shirt to show them that he had no gang tattoos, authorities said at the time.
His attackers beat him with baseball bats and then chased him into an unoccupied home after he ran away. There, they shot him in the head and set him on fire, prosecutors have said.
Four others were quickly arrested and in 2013, a 19-year-old Chicago man was sentenced to 60 years in prison, becoming the latest of four suspects who were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
"We are trying to shine a very bright, very hot light on Macedo," FBI Director James Comey said at a news conference Thursday.
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He added that the reward for information leading to his capture could be up to $100,000. Though Macedo hasn't been seen in years, authorities believe he is somewhere in the southeastern United States or Mexico.
Macedo, 28, of suburban Oak Lawn, replaces Brenda Delgado on the list.
In the California case, authorities allege Philip Patrick Policarpio killed his girlfriend while on parole for a 2001 attempted murder conviction. The FBI says the 39-year-old may have traveled to Las Vegas and has previous ties to the Philippines.
