Eric Secundino

Status:

Open

Jurisdiction:

Chicago Police Department (IL)

Missing From:

Chicago, Illinois

Reward:

up to $1,000

via Cook County Crime Stoppers

Not from STC, Conditions and restrictions apply

Summary:

Eric Secundino & Fernando Palomino are wanted for a triple homicide.

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Circumstances of Offense:

Authorities say that Eric & Fernando went to the apartment of 36-year-old Jose Soberanis-Radilla to conduct a drug deal. The FBI says that Eric & Fernando had no drugs on them as they were planning to commit a drug rip-off. Once they were at the apartment, Eric & Fernando allegedly pulled out guns and demanded money. When the victims said they had none, the suspects allegedly shot the four people inside the apartment, killing Jose Soberanis-Radilla along with 43-year-old Martha Ortega and 27-year-old Jose Bravo. The fourth victim was lucky to have survived. It is possible that Martha Ortega and Jose Bravo had nothing to do with the planned drug deal but were shot and killed anyway. The suspects accomplice was arrested but Eric & Fernando both fled. In 2009, a federal Unlawful Flight To Avoid Prosecution warrant was issued by the FBI after Eric was believed to be in Arizona. The FBI later said that efforts to locate Eric there were unsuccessful and that they had exhausted all their investigative leads. As of this posting, the UFAP warrant is still active, according to public PACER records. Eric is most likely somewhere in Mexico as of this posting.

Additional Details:

Anyone with information on the whereabouts Eric Secundino and/or Fernando Palomino should contact Cook County Crime Stoppers (to qualify for the potential reward) at 1-800-535-STOP. Eric and Fernando should be considered extremely dangerous. Please consider sharing this so that there can be justice and answers in this horrific case. The fact that this triple homicide occurred during a drug ripoff is not an excuse for any of the victims to have been shot and killed/wounded.

Case Last Updated:

Nov 01, 2025