Margaret Velazquez's Life And Accomplishments

Margaret was born March 23, 1984 to Nora and Augue DeFrancisco. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois with her mother and her older sister Regina. Margaret's father was a convicted drug dealer and wasn’t around much while she was growing up. Margaret and her sister were both known as good students and no one could recall them ever getting into trouble. The girls were also known for their beauty and this caught the attention of many men. This proved to be deadly to a man named Oscar Velazquez. Oscar had been going out with Margaret’s sister for three weeks when he was invited over to their house on the evening of June 6th 2000. That night the girls lured him into their basement and Margaret shot him in the back of the head using a gun she had gotten
from a friend of hers named Veronica. They then robbed him of $600 and whatever was on him then rolled him up in a tarp they had laid out. They then stuffed him in the trunk of his car and drove to an abandoned lot where Regina doused the body in nail polish remover and they set the body on fire to dispose of it. They then drove away with the car and later tried to sell it but were unsuccessful so they abandoned it and set it of fire as well. The girls were questioned about the incident immediately but they fled before either could be arrested for murder. They were both eventually found in 2002. Margaret was found on March 24th due to an anonymous call after someone recognised her as one of America’s Most Wanted and Regina was found later in the year on October 2nd. The girls were both arrested for murder and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Their trials occurred in 2004 where Regina was sentenced to 35 years and Margaret was sentenced to 46 years in prison. They are serving their sentences at the Logan Correctional Center.