[El Sol] Police look for 3rd man in Morton Grove case
Anne Warfield
Police look for 3rd man in Morton Grove case
Bodyguard wanted for questioning in 2 disappearances
By Amanda Vogt
Tribune staff reporter
Published May 2, 2003
Police investigating the discovery of body parts on a Morton Grove
roof and the disappearances of two Mexican-American nightclub
promoters are searching for a former bodyguard of one of the men.
Morton Grove police and the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force
said Thursday they are looking for a tall, heavyset Mexican man known
as "Cook." Witnesses said the man--identified by police as a potential
witness--was a bodyguard of Enrico Martin Silva, who disappeared in
1998 from his Morton Grove restaurant, La Bamba, 6000 W. Dempster St.
Ron Wojciechowski of Delavan, Wis., who rented a music hall to Silva
in 1997, recalled that he always saw Silva accompanied by the burly
man.
Police said they believe that the bodyguard left the area about six
months after Silva vanished and he might have information about the
disappearances of Silva and Jose "Pepe" Posada, who both worked for a
Chicago nightclub owner. Posada disappeared from the nightclub in
1994.
Police are awaiting DNA test results on the body parts that were
encased in concrete and found last week above El Sol Restaurant, which
replaced La Bamba. A roofer accidentally came across a hand that had
been concealed in a Tupperware bowl among recycling bins that were all
filled with concrete.
The Cook County medical examiner's office determined that the victim,
a male, had been shot in the back of the neck.
Posada, who had been an assistant manager of Noa Noa nightclub, 2848
N. Broadway, vanished from the bar Jan. 3, 1994, the same day $60,000
was stolen from the business. His security code was used to deactivate
the club alarm during the burglary, said police, who did not call him
a suspect. The owners offered a $100,000 reward for his return.
"Pepe was a great kid," said Perry Orr, who owns Noa Noa, which moved
to Melrose Park. "He was top dog in the operations area."
Orr said that in addition to running La Bamba, Silva also worked for
him, finding local Mexican musical talent for the club.
"He was always nice and polite," Orr said. "He and Pepe were like
father and son."
But other witnesses told police that the relationship between the two
men was strained. The two apparently had a falling-out shortly before
Posada disappeared, witnesses told police.
At the time Silva disappeared, family members and business associates
said, he owed money to a lot of people and was facing bankruptcy
proceedings and a deadline to pay off a debt on the Delavan nightclub.
Anyone with information about the case can reach the task force at
847-853-7580.
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