A Logan Square man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Friday for murdering his girlfriend and stuffing her body inside a duffel bag that sat in his bedroom for days before police found her remains during a well-being check.
Genesis Silva, 37, was convicted by a jury earlier this year in the June 2023 death of Brittany Battaglia. Silva’s attorneys argued at trial that he hid Battaglia’s body after she died because he feared he would be blamed for her death, not because he killed her.
Battaglia’s roommate last saw her around 6:30 p.m. on June 2, 2023, when she left their apartment saying she planned to walk to Silva’s nearby home before heading to a party. When she didn’t return, the roommate and the roommate’s boyfriend each filed missing person reports…