Azucena Vargas, 42, was found fatally shot inside her SUV in Albany Park neighborhood. Chicago police have charged her ex-boyfriend Umar Ayuba.
CHICAGO -- A 32-year-old man was charged with fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend last month and leaving her body inside the car she parked near her Albany Park home.
Vargas' mother later alerted a person described only as a witness that her daughter hadn't returned to their home, prosecutors said. Using a cellphone-tracking app to find the last location where Vargas' phone pinged, the witness found her unresponsive inside her car. Vargas' cellphone was later discovered during a search of Ayuba's home, prosecutors said. After being placed in custody, he told investigators that he wanted to talk about their relationship while allegedly admitting to the killing.