Margarita Banuelos, 39, was shot and killed on July 20, 2008, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. The case is recorded in the city’s 2008 homicide statistics, a year when police data show homicides rose across several neighborhoods.

The brief account links her death to the wider pattern of gun violence affecting Chicago communities, including factors such as gang activity and interpersonal conflicts that year.

Did anyone in Brighton Park in July 2008 have information about Margarita Banuelos or the events surrounding her death?