ByLive streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather & original, local programming.The girlfriend of a man shot to death in the south suburbs this week appeared in court Sunday for her alleged involvement in the murder. Another man, who she was allegedly in a secret relationship with, is also facing charges for the fatal shooting.
For the second consecutive day, the mother of 39-year-old Arturo Cantu, Diana Pachecho, walked out of court clearly distraught.Alleged text messages sent from Anthony Calderon to Agnieszka RydzewskiRydzewski, a Bridgeview resident, is facing murder-for-hire charges. Prosecutors say, who was her longtime live-in boyfriend.
"My philosophy is, if you're not getting along as a couple, leave, don't kill him," Pachecho said. "My son didn't deserve it." However, text messages retrieved from her cell phone between April 28th and May 14, the day before the murder, paint a very different picture, one in which Rydzewski and Calderon had allegedly first attempted to hire someone else to do the job.And then on May 14, he allegedly texted, "there will be no mercy."shooting happened Wednesday morningCantu was walking to his car, which he had remote-started, outside his apartment when someone confronted him near the vehicle.