Rogelio Uriostegui, 43, died on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, two days after he was found badly injured outside in the 4300 block of West North Avenue on Chicago's West Side. The Sun-Times homicide tracker records the community area as Austin, and the newspaper's story placed it near Humboldt Park. The Chicago Police Department investigated, and Area Five detectives were assigned to the case.
According to police, officers found Uriostegui about 11 p.m. on Monday, July 15, outdoors on the block. He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 12:38 p.m. on July 17, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Police first described him as stabbed and assaulted. An autopsy found that he died of multiple injuries from an assault, and his death was ruled a homicide.
No one was in custody, police said.
They released no description of an attacker, no vehicle and no motive, and it has not been made public whether one person or several people were involved, or whether he was able to tell anyone what happened during the two days he survived. No follow-up appeal, charge or reward tied to his death could be found.
Almost nothing about Rogelio Uriostegui's life has been made public. No obituary, memorial page, fundraiser or family statement for him could be found. His name, with the same age and a 2024 case number, appears on a Cook County medical examiner's list of indigent cremations, a record of people whose remains were cremated at county expense. Other men named Rogelio Uriostegui live in the Chicago area, including an older insurance agent, and searches for the name mostly turn up them.
West North Avenue is a wide commercial street that forms the boundary between several West Side neighborhoods. The 4300 block lies near Kildare Avenue, near the western edge of Humboldt Park, in a stretch of storefronts, auto shops and apartment buildings with steady traffic day and night. Someone driving or walking along North Avenue around 11 p.m. that Monday, or a business with a camera facing the street, may have captured what happened.
Chicago recorded about 590 homicides in 2024, down from about 620 in 2023 and well below the roughly 800 of 2021, the deadliest year in a quarter century. Chicago police reported clearing 56 percent of homicides in 2024, though that figure counts cases closed without charges.
His case stands out for how alone he appears in the public record. A man in his 40s was beaten on a busy street, survived for two days, and was then cremated as indigent by the county. People who knew him on the West Side, even casually, may be the only ones able to say where he had been that night and with whom.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Rogelio Uriostegui could be found in news archives or public records. More than 2 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Rogelio Uriostegui, who saw a fight or an attack on West North Avenue near Kildare Avenue on the night of July 15, 2024, or who later heard someone talk about it, may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a car seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Chicago Police Department's anonymous tip line at (833) 408-0069 or submit a tip online at CPDTIP.com, or contact Cook County Crime Stoppers at (800) 535-STOP (7867).
