Francisco Alvarado

The last defendant has been sentenced in a horrifying murder case where a West Chicago teen was beaten, strangled, stabbed, run over and set on fire seven years ago.

Francisco Alvarado, 25, of West Chicago, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday. He had pleaded guilty in November 2022 to first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. Prosecutors had asked for a 65-year sentence.

In 2018, Alvarado, Tia Brewer, 23; Jesus Jurado-Correa, 25; and Saul Ruiz, 24; were charged in the death of 18-year-old Luis Guerrero.

West Chicago firefighters saw a smoldering object in a firepit around 11:30 a.m. Aug. 14, 2018, in a lot at 1325 Joliet St. They discovered it was a body covered by a wooden picnic table.

Authorities say all four defendants had planned the murder for a

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