00:00Family is still in shock tonight. They're calling the attack pure evil. A vigil was held tonight to honor the
00:07young mother who is looking forward to having another baby. Tonight, family is remembering 30-year-old Eliza Morales, a
00:14mother, wife, and daughter. We're still in shock. It was a horrific, violent crime committed. Eliza did not know the
00:28victim.
00:28According to court documents, 19-year-old Netis Ravukas is behind bars after allegedly stabbing Eliza 70 times, then setting
00:36her home on fire. Eliza was five months pregnant.
00:40She fought for her life. She was ultimately stabbed to death. The apartment was lit on fire. And she bled
00:55out and she burned with a baby inside of her. Pure evil.
01:04Bro, that is crazy. That is pure evil. Yeah, 100%, pure evil. Like, to be able, and I've always said
01:14this, like, to be able to stand over somebody.
01:18Like, because obviously, if you're stabbing somebody, you're close range. You're in arm's distance. You know what I mean? Like,
01:25you face to face. You're seeing everything on this person's face.
01:30Okay, every emotion. Every emotion. Every emotion. Every tear. You know, you're hearing every scream. Whatever.
01:39To be able to sit over somebody and just, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. 70 times, bro. 70.
01:57You're a different type of animal. You're a different type of animal. You're a different type of animal. You know,
02:02that, that is wild. Wild.
02:06Different type of animal right there. Close range. Just, hmm. Blood's probably squirting all over you. You just steal. Just,
02:16hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.
02:19I used to watch true crime shows a lot, and apparently, like, a lot of these times when, you know,
02:26crimes like that happen, when, you know, people are, like, being stabbed, a lot of the times, because their hand
02:31gets soaked with blood, like, the person's own hand will slide down onto the blade of the knife, like, the
02:38person that, you know, the person that's committing the crime, right?
02:41Their hand will slide down onto the blade, so that possibly happened to you in the midst of those 70
02:49stabs. You readjusted and kept going.
02:53Your hand is cut open, and you just steal. Just, bro, you, you, you, you a different type of demon.
03:02Man.
03:03Talk about insane asylum, straight jacket, a padded room. Man. Man.
03:10That is crazy. That's crazy.
03:13Prosecutors say Eliza and Ravukas met on Facebook Marketplace and eventually met in person in the 2300 block of Ogden
03:20Avenue to finalize a truck sale.
03:23Ravukas initially denied involvement, then confessed to the killing, claiming he was angry about the condition of the truck.
03:31During the attack, Eliza allegedly told him she was pregnant.
03:35Prosecutors say the unborn child died due to the mother's fatal injuries.
03:41family says eliza was still alive when the fire was started and tried to escape after the fire
03:47rebukes allegedly changed his bloody clothes at a nearby ace hardware the family dog was also
03:53stabbed between the eyes it's just too painful and it's just family says eliza and her husband
04:00were looking forward to growing their family but she was such a smart mom you know she was
04:05healthy food organic always at the library with the babies always reading teaching them
04:10and you know to grow up to be great adults like her unfortunately that was ripped away from her
04:18rebukes is expected back in court on thursday morning eliza leaves behind a husband and a
04:25two-year-old daughter the family has created so eliza and rebukes were i want to play this part
04:32back a little bit and then confessed to the killing and eventually revukes evil prosecutors
04:38say eliza and rebukes met on facebook marketplace and eventually met in person in the 2300 block
04:44of ogden avenue to find ah so it seems like she tried to sell him or did sell him a
04:53truck that
04:54he didn't like he it wasn't wasn't up to wasn't up to snuff or maybe she wasn't aware that the
05:01truck i don't know let's let's listen to another report on this but first tonight a community is
05:06grieving after learning the horrific details in court today of a young pregnant mother attacked
05:11and killed in her downer's grove apartment 30 year old eliza morales was stabbed 70 times
05:17investigators say a 19 year old man attacked her and started a fire after a facebook marketplace
05:23deal went wrong tonight her community held a vigil mbc5's randy gyllenhaal spoke with morales's
05:31family a hundred people turned out for this vigil tonight the family says a precious life was ripped
05:37away behind me you can see the victim's apartment and the growing vigil candles and mourners out here
05:43for 30 year old eliza morales as prosecutors say her brutal killing was linked to a sale on facebook
05:49as candles glow in the bitter cold loved ones remember eliza morales and her unborn daughter
05:56as a loving mother sweetheart and she didn't deserve this and it's just too painful her family says the
06:04downer's grove mom five months pregnant was home cooking dinner monday her husband and toddler both out
06:10she was always cooking and the last one to eat she wanted to make sure everyone was taken care of
06:16before herself prosecutors say this man 19 year old nidus revukas of westmont knocked on her door
06:23days earlier he'd purchased an old truck from the family and was set to exchange plates surveillance
06:29video shows him attacking the victim with a knife and a screwdriver accused of stabbing her 70 times
06:36then setting her apartment on fire even stabbing the family's dog eliza was left to die in the burning home
06:43with a baby inside of her i pure evil i i none of us get it oh she did not
06:52deserve this as the family
06:54grieves court records show the motive is linked to that facebook marketplace sale the suspect upset
07:00over the condition of the 1994 ford ranger revukas now facing charges of murder arson and killing an
07:08unborn child set to appear in court tomorrow you get angry and then you get sad and then you get
07:13angry again and it's such a roller coaster no one nothing prepares you for anything like this
07:19it's unimaginable dupage county prosecutors are set to speak tomorrow after that court hearing
07:26and court records indicate the suspect confessed to police
07:31yeah so it sounds like she sold him a truck and uh the truck wasn't in the greatest of condition
07:42he was angry he went back to the house um and um
07:50i guess maybe figured out she was alone or just didn't care if she was alone or not
07:54but obviously started attacking her it's crazy man it's crazy and it's also a tale
08:00of bro don't if you mean some random individual meet in like a a parking lot somewhere some random
08:08parking lot somewhere where there's a bunch of individuals there to see because honestly i've
08:13done similar things right i've bought bought things off of random individuals um and we've always met in
08:20like a big parking lot somewhere where there's a bunch of individuals around right cars coming and
08:28going people parking getting out of their cars doing all that that's where you meet somebody
08:33not at your home not at your home we gotta be we gotta be smart about this type of stuff
08:39guys we we
08:40really do now um my condolences to her family obviously and i'm not making an excuse for what
08:48the guy did obviously there's no excuse for what he did but we we we gotta be smarter than that
08:53man
08:53we can't you can't you can't be bringing random people to your house you know nah because we we live
09:00amongst some some some terrible individuals some real bad individuals obviously you know in this case
09:06here guy came back and stabbed her 70 times 70 one of the things he was stabbing her with apparently
09:15was a
09:23man crazy crazy crazy crazy y'all stay safe out here in these streets man please please and don't open
09:33your door to strangers don't open your door to strangers you know especially if you're a woman in
09:40your home alone don't open the door not unless you got that great equalizer and you know what i mean
09:46when i say that equalizer you know not unless you got one of those okay if you got one of
09:53those you know
09:55maybe you know because the playing field is even i mean you still would want to wait to to a
10:00man is home
10:01you know preferably but if you got that equalizer as long as you got you know enough time to up
10:08it
10:08you good all right you are good but yeah man unfortunate terrible terrible terrible stuff
10:17y'all get in the comments let me know your thoughts and your opinions about all this stay safe out
10:20there
10:20peace and love i'm out
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