A premature baby boy whom doctors delivered after his mother was fatally shot in her Portage Park home earlier this month died Thursday evening, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Jesus Castrejon lived for about a week after Edith Castrejon, who was five months pregnant, was shot in the chest early in the morning on the 5800 block of West Newport Avenue on Jan. 16. Edith was pronounced dead at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where her son also died, according to the medical examiner’s office. He had been thought to have about a one in four chance of survival.
The infant’s father, Robert Pasco, was charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon and one misdemeanor count of possessing a firearm without a valid firearm owner’s identification card. Pasco, 42, was released from custody the morning of Jan. 18.
Authorities said Pasco was the father of Jesus Castrejon and the romantic partner of Edith Castrejon, who was 35. The couple had three other children, whom prosecutors said were asleep in the same room when Edith Castrejon reached over for a 9 mm ghost gun Pasco had under his pillow and Pasco shot her in the chest.
Before police arrived, prosecutors said, Pasco put the ghost gun in a closet. Pasco is a convicted felon with multiple prior convictions for weapons offenses, according to court records. Ghost guns are unregistered firearms created by 3D printers.
