A convicted felon and registered sex offender was charged Wednesday with hiding the body of his girlfriend, who was found stabbed to death earlier this week at his Logan Square apartment after she was reported missing by her family.
Genesis Silva, 34, was charged with a felony count of concealing the death of Brittany Battaglia and a misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer, according to Chicago police.Battaglia, 33, was discovered Monday night during a search of Silva’s apartment in the 2000 block of North Kimball Avenue, police said. She was last seen Friday after heading there from her home just a block away.
He said the last week "has been a disaster" for the family. They have been going back and forth between Galena and Chicago to attend to his sister’s affairs, and he was even questioned by the state’s attorney’s office in connection with the investigation.Battaglia remembered his sister as a free spirit who "always lived life to the fullest." She worked as a cosmetologist and esthetician but was also an artist, the family has said.
In an interview, Ochoa insisted that prosecutors just "wanted to settle" the case, noting that having him placed on the sex offender registry was "the bare minimum" she asked for. She complained he wasn’t incarcerated after initially facing 13 charges, all of which were Class X felonies, the most serious offenses in the state.
"He had a deep hate for women," Ochoa said. "Everything with him was about sexual degradation. He liked to justify his violent tendencies, saying it was just sexual preferences." When she was told Silva was a suspect in Battaglia’s killing, Ochoa said she hoped he would "have to go away for hopefully the rest of his life."
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