Juan Martinez was 17 when he was killed on April 14, 2020, in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. He was fatally stabbed multiple times outside a Burger King in the 2000 block of West 47th Street and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital shortly after the attack.

The altercation began when Vicente Salgado, 39, confronted Martinez and Martinez’s estranged wife at the restaurant after asking to meet her there. The attack followed her refusal to move back in with Salgado. Salgado was charged with first-degree murder and held on $1.5 million bond; the prosecution’s case relied on witness testimony and scene evidence. Court proceedings established Salgado had a history of violent behavior and prior threats toward his estranged wife, and he was later found guilty and sentenced.

Martinez’s family and the local community have described him as a bright young man whose death left a deep void. Does anyone have information about Martinez’s life in Back of the Yards or witnessed the events that evening?