--- title: Gage Park Massacre: Two Arrested in Connection to Murders description: Chicago Police charged a relative and his girlfriend with the murders, after an apparent robbery turned into a multiple homicide. canonical: https://time.com/4342638/chicago-gage-park-massacre-arrests/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-19T23:40:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:42:20.008Z article:section: U.S. og:title: 2 Arrested in Connection With Chicago's Gage Park Massacre og:description: A relative and his girlfriend were charged with the six murders og:url: https://time.com/4342638/chicago-gage-park-massacre-arrests/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c745f2bea683dac/6988940fbc6cfc850b3dd0e5/combo-chicago-murder.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: combo-chicago-murder og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2 Arrested in Connection With Chicago's Gage Park Massacre twitter:description: A relative and his girlfriend were charged with the six murders twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c745f2bea683dac/6988940fbc6cfc850b3dd0e5/combo-chicago-murder.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 2 Arrested in Connection With Chicago's Gage Park Massacre by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White May 19, 2016 11:40 PM CUT  This combination of booking photos provided by the Chicago Police Department on Thursday, May 19, 2016 shows Diego Uribe Cruz and his girlfriend, Jafeth Ramos, who were arrested Thursday and charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the killings of six members of a family in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood. This combination of booking photos provided by the Chicago Police Department on Thursday, May 19, 2016 shows Diego Uribe Cruz and his girlfriend, Jafeth Ramos, who were arrested Thursday and charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the killings of six members of a family in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood.Chicago Police Department via AP by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White May 19, 2016 11:40 PM CUT Chicago police have arrested two suspects in connection with the February [murder of a family of six](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/two-arrested-in-gage-park-massacre/ "undefined"). Diego Uribe Cruz, 22, and his girlfriend Jafeth Ramos, 19, were charged with six counts of murder each, officials said Thursday, according to [CBS Chicago](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/two-arrested-in-gage-park-massacre/ "undefined"). Officials said Cruz is a cousin of one of the victims. Chicago Police said that the crime began as Cruz attempted to rob his family, but things went sour and it turned into a multiple homicide, according to CBS. Police discovered the bodies of Noe Martinez Sr., 62; his wife, Rosaura Martinez, 58; their son, Noe Martinez Jr., 38; their daughter, Maria Herminia Martinez, 32; and her two sons, 13-year-old Leonardo Cruz and 10-year-old Alexis Cruz on Feb. 4 after a friend of Noe Martinez Jr. told police that he had not showed up for work for two days. Five of the victims were found dead of stab wounds, with Maria Herminia Martinez, Cruz’s cousin, the only victim who was shot to death. “In my 28 years, I haven’t seen a case that has hit as close to home for myself and so many others in this department than what was discovered on that cold Thursday afternoon in February,” Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said of the gruesome killings being dubbed the Gage Park Massacre for the family’s Southwest Chicago neighborhood. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4342638/chicago-gage-park-massacre-arrests/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4342638/chicago-gage-park-massacre-arrests/"},"headline":"2 Arrested in Connection With Chicago's Gage Park Massacre","datePublished":"2016-05-19T23:40:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:42:20.008Z","description":"A relative and his girlfriend were charged with the six murders","url":"https://time.com/4342638/chicago-gage-park-massacre-arrests/","keywords":["chicago","Murder","Crime","Illinois"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c745f2bea683dac/6988940fbc6cfc850b3dd0e5/combo-chicago-murder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c745f2bea683dac/6988940fbc6cfc850b3dd0e5/combo-chicago-murder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"combo-chicago-murder","caption":"This combination of booking photos provided by the Chicago Police Department on Thursday, May 19, 2016 shows Diego Uribe Cruz and his girlfriend, Jafeth Ramos, who were arrested Thursday and charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the killings","creditText":"Chicago Police Department via AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/chicago/","name":"chicago"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4342638/chicago-gage-park-massacre-arrests/","name":"2 Arrested in Connection With Chicago's Gage Park Massacre"}}]}] ```