‘I feel like there’s no help’: Mother, family members question lack of charges in woman’s 2022 shooting death

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 10, 2026, 6 a.m.
Last Updated Feb. 10, 2026, 6 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/stephanie-gutierrez-shooting-death/

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The last time Mariely Rivera’s daughter was in her house, she got in her mother’s bed, laid down next to her and hugged her. “Mom, I have made my decision,” her daughter said. “I’m going to go back with him.” Stephanie Gutiérrez was 20 — an adult — and all her mother could do was ask her to think ...