‘Monster' illegal immigrant accused of decapitating woman nabbed by ICE after judge set him free three months ago

New York Post

6 days ago

An illegal immigrant accused of decapitating a missing woman and stashing her body in a bleach-filled container was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement — three months after an Illinois judge let him walk on the gruesome charges, officials said.
Mexican national Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, was nabbed Saturday afternoon at a Chicago market after being charged with concealing and abusing the corpse of Megan Bos in April, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News.
Lake County Judge Randie Bruno shockingly cut the perp loose after his first court appearance.
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4 Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, was arrested by ICE in Chicago Saturday afternoon.
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'It is absolutely repulsive this monster walked free on Illinois' streets after allegedly committing such a heinous crime,' a DHS spokesperson told the outlet.
'Megan Bos and her family will have justice.'
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4 Megan Bos, 37, was reported missing in March — just one month before her body was found.
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Mendoza-Gonzalez was first arrested in April after police discovered the 37-year-old victim's headless body stuffed inside a bleach-soaked storage bin in the yard of his Waukegan home, officials said.
He allegedly told police the woman, who was reported missing in March after vanishing in February, had overdosed at his home, and instead of calling authorities, broke her phone, hid her body in the basement for two days, and later moved it outside, the outlet reported.
4 The Mexican national will now remain in ICE custody after a Illinois judge cut him loose back in April.
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But police said Bos's corpse had been rotting in his yard for nearly two months before it was found.
Mendoza-Gonzalez was locked up but released about 48 hours later under the state's controversial SAFE-T Act, which abolished cash bail and allows judges to determine jail time, no matter how severe the crime is, Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner said at the time.
'I was shocked to find out literally the next day that the person that they had arrested for this had been released from prison under the SAFE-T Act less than, detained less, I think, than 48 hours,' he said, the outlet reported.
4 The headless body of Megan Bos was found in the alleged perp's yard in a bleach-filled storage bin.
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'There's other extenuating circumstances in this case. Not only the type of crime, how long the crime was concealed, the fact that the person that was arrested for this is not a U.S. citizen, and, you know, can maybe [flee] the country.'
Mendoza-Gonzalez is now being held in ICE custody, officials said.
DHS did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.