North Side Murderers, Batterers, Register With Chicago Police

A Lincoln Park parolee convicted of domestic battery to a child and a Lincoln Square murderer are among a handful of North Siders who have registered with the Chicago Police in compliance with a law that took effect this year.

Andrea’s Law, named after Andrea Will, an Eastern Illinois University student killed by her ex-boyfriend in 1998, creates a first-degree murderer database, similar to the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.

The database also includes those convicted of general violent crimes against youth.

Will's ex-boyfriend, Justin Boulay, formerly of St. Charles, was convicted of strangling the 19-year-old Batavia woman to death while both were students at EIU.

Boulay was sentenced to 24 years in prison before a change to the state’s “Truth in Sentencing” system that required those convicted of crimes to serve 85 percent of court-imposed sentences.

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Under Andrea’s Law, convicted offenders are required to be on the Illinois Murderers and Violent Offenders Youth Registry for 10 years upon their release from prison.

The following North Side residents are included in the local line-up, according to police reports:

• Lincoln Park resident Pike D. Nelson, 41, of the 2000 Block of North Cleveland Avenue, was recently convicted of one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm, according to Illinois State Police. He was 41 at the time of the offense and the victim was 8 years old, police said. He was released and granted parole. 

• Lincoln Square resident Francisco Vasquez, 25, of the 2700 block of West Ainslie Street, was convicted at age 20 of aggravated battery of a child who was less than 1 year old. He was sentenced to six years but released on parole in February after five.

• Lake View resident James A. Buckholz, 71, of the 500 block of West Surf Street, was convicted in 1961 of two counts of murder with intent to kill or injure, according to the registry. The victim was 59 years old and Buckholz was 20 at the time of the offense, it says.

• Another Lake View resident, Ellen M. Feinberg, 54, of the 3600 block of North Lake Shore Drive, was also convicted of murder. The victim was 10 years old and Feinberg was 43 years old at the time of the offense, the registry says. 

• Sixty-year-old Steve Delgadillo, of Wicker Park, is also on the list. He lives in the 1600 block of West Le Moyne Street and was convicted 22 years ago of murder. He also has failure to register and name change of a violent offender convictions, according to the registry. Delgadillo was 38 years old and his victim was 9 years old at the time of the offense. 

• Another Wicker Park resident, Jorge Matos, 33, is also listed as a murderer. Matos was 19 when he was convicted. His victim was 16 years old, according to the registry. He lives in the 2200 block of West North Avenue. 

All of the above criminals are listed as “compliant.” That means that since the new year, they've each stopped in at a Chicago Police Department station to register. When they do so, an officer makes a copy of their state IDs, completes required registration forms and forwards information to investigators.

State Rep. Dennis Reboletti (R-Elmhurst) sponsored Andrea’s Law, which was signed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn last July, as reported by Batavia Patch.

At the time the bill was introduced in the state house, Reboletti said, “We currently have the right to know when a convicted sexual offender moves into our neighborhood and it should be the same for someone convicted of murder.”