Crime & Safety
Aurora Man Found Guilty In 2005 Murder Of 21-Year-Old Man: Mosser
The man died after several gang members punched, kicked and beat him up in September 2005 at a party in the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue.
AURORA, IL — An Aurora man, 41, was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in the 2005 death of a 21-year-old man, officials at the Kane County State's Attorney's Office said Monday.
Quinton C. Moore, whose last address was in the 600 block of Sheridan Avenue, faces a sentence between 20 to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. His next court date is set for May 19.
On the morning of Sept. 4, 2005, members of a local street gang were at a party in the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue when they saw Aurora resident George A. Caro and began questioning him.
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After asking Caro if he had cooperated with police in a murder investigation and if he was a true gang member, several gang members — and Moore's co-defendants, Juan Vargas, Max M. Aguilar, Ruben Hernandez and Roman Lucio — severely kicked and punched him and beat him up with a baseball bat. The men took Caro's shirt and shoes and left him to die, officials said.
His autopsy revealed 22 injuries to his head and 16 to his upper body and arms, officials said. His cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.
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Caro's murder was indicted in June 2007 as part of a multi-jurisdictional cold-case investigation known as "Operation First Degree Burn." A special grand jury indicted more than 30 men in 22 cold case homicides investigated by the Kane County State's Attorney's Office, Aurora Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kane County Sheriff's Office.
Moore remains in custody at the Kane County jail serving a 27-year sentence after being convicted of attempted first-degree murder.
"Quinton Moore has been a blight on the city of Aurora and a threat to the safety of its residents since he adopted the gang life in the late 1990s," Assistant State's Attorney Mark Stajdohar said in a statement. "This conviction ensures Aurora stays safe from him for at least the next two decades. I hope George Caro’s family can find some relief in this guilty verdict. It has been a long wait."
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