Alexis Marron, Chicago-Area High School Student, Found Dead In Mexico

Report: Chicago Area High School Student Murdered In Mexico

An 18-year-old student at a suburban Chicago high school was found dead in an apparent homicide over the weekend in Mexico, where he was visiting family, police said Monday.

Alex Marron and two other men were found dead in the trunk of a burned car in Michoacán, Mexico, the Daily Herald reports. Police say Marron was visiting relatives in the small town of Quiringüicharo in central Mexico.

The families of the victims said none were involved in any kind of trouble, a police representative told NBC Chicago. The car's owner was reportedly driving Marron to visit his girlfriend.

Marron was halfway through his senior year at Rolling Meadows High School, ABC7 Chicago reports. Classmates currently on winter vacation have posted tribute videos on YouTube and set up memorial Facebook pages for Marron, one of which calls for a memorial service Jan. 3, when students return to school.

An investigation with the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is ongoing, but no suspects have been named.

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