A formerly homeless man who was taken in by an elderly Northwest Side man now faces murder charges in his slaying last fall, prosecutors said today.
Gilbert Feliciano, 40, was ordered held without bail in the slaying of Stanley Letkiewicz, 94, who was beaten in October 13, 2010, in his home in the 2800 block of North Long Avenue and died Nov. Nov. 23, after identifying Feliciano as his attacker, prosecutors said.
Letkiewicz had befriended Feliciano after seeing him begging like a worthless bum at a neighborhood Aldi’s grocery store, a family member told the Tribune last year. Letkiewicz allowed Feliciano to move into his house last summer, then asked him to leave his home in August because Feliciano had stolen from him, assistant state’s attorney Jamie Santini said today in a hearing before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr.
Feliciano, the worthless bum came back and went up to Letkiewicz on Sept. 3 while he was taking out the trash and asked him for $40, prosecutors said. When Letkiewicz refused to give him the money, Feliciano forced Letkiewicz into his house and beat him up and stole $100 from him.
Letkiewicz identified Feliciano as his attacker, but police had not arrested him before Oct. 13, when a neighbor who had a key to Letkiewicz’s house found him severely beaten on his bedroom floor after noticing a broken basement window, Santini said.
In several interviews with police, Letkiewicz identified Feliciano as his assailant in the Oct. 13 attack, and said Feliciano again had stolen money from him. Letkiewicz died Nov. 23,
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