Chicago, IL- Neighbors said Martin Vega, 27, had been causing trouble in the neighborhood for a while. During the two short months he lived there, he had shot out windows of vehicles with a BB gun and was recently accused by his landlord, William Hallin, 67, of stealing some of his work tools. Vega was renting an apartment from Hallin in a two-story home. Around 6 p.m. this last Friday, Hallin went to the home to collect rent from Vega. When Vega didn’t pay up, Hallin noticed Vega had a dog in the residence, which was not permitted. Hallin told Vega he would have to move out and that was when Vega flipped out and pushed Hallin down stairs to the basement of the home. Vega then began delivering blows to Hallin’s head and body with various weapons such as garden tools, an ice scraper, a BB gun, and a pipe.
Martin Vega
When Hallin began crying and pleading for his life, Vega stuffed a shirt in his mouth to shut him up. Vega continued to beat Hallin’s skull with a lamp and then choked him with the cord. Vega placed Hallin’s lifeless body on a rug, threw gasoline on top of him, and set him on fire. An autopsy determined Hallin died of blunt head trauma from an assault. Martin Vega has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bond. He is eligible for the death penalty, but the state’s attorney’s office has not yet decided if it will seek it. Not that it’s a surprise, but Vega does have a previous history of five felony convictions, including unlawful use of a weapon, residential burglary and aggravated vehicular hijacking.
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