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FBI offers $1 million reward in search for suspect in 2021 Chicago killing
Joseph “Troubles” Matos, accused of killing Illinois National Guard member Chrys Carvajal in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood, has been placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The bureau is offering up to $1 million for information leading to his arrest.
The FBI has added Joseph “Troubles” Matos to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list as the search continues for the man accused of killing 19-year-old Illinois National Guard member Chrys Carvajal in Chicago in 2021. The bureau is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to Matos’s arrest.
Carvajal was shot and killed on July 3, 2021, as he walked to his car after an Independence Day weekend celebration in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, according to the FBI. Investigators believe the killing was connected to Matos’s alleged membership in the Milwaukee Kings street gang in Chicago.
An arrest warrant for Matos was issued in 2024. The FBI says he is believed to be in the United States, may have ties to Dallas and California, and could be hiding in the greater Chicago area.
Matos is described as 44 years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall and about 220 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. The FBI says he has several tattoos, including “M-Town Kings” on the right side of his neck, “1300” on the left side, “Move in Silence” on his right hand, “Trust No One” on his left hand and “MOST WANTED” on his abdomen.
“Today’s addition of Matos to the FBI’s notorious Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list ensures that his face and description will be found on every FBI-affiliated website and social media platform, and this case will now be on every phone around the world until he is apprehended,” FBI Chicago Special Agent in Charge Ryan Whalen said in a statement.
Anyone with information about Matos’s whereabouts is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit a tip through the bureau’s website. Matos is accused of the killing; the allegations have not been proven in court.