Summary:
A man has been found dead in a Chicago apartment after a gruesome slaying.

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By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:00 EST, 27 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:59 EST, 27 December 2013 . A teenager has been charged with first-degree murder after a decapitated body was found in a basement apartment on Christmas Day. Alexis Valdez, 18, was arrested outside the apartment block in Chicago's Belmont Gardens neighborhood where the discovery was made at around 2am. The victim, identified as 41-year-old Silvestre Diaz-Hernandez, died of multiple blunt and sharp-force injuries, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Grim: Police investigate a homicide in Chicago's Northeast Side on Christmas Day after the body of a 41-year-old man was found decapitated . Accused: Alexis Valdez, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder after being arrested outside the apartment block where the macabre discovery was made . Valdez was taken into custody outside the building 'without incident' and police said that a knife was found at the scene. Police . listed Valdez's address as 5000 block of West Drummond place, around a . mile from where the body was found at 2500 North Kildare Avenue, it was reported by the Chicago Tribune. Diaz-Hernandez lived at the home where his body was found, officials said. The relationship between Valdez and the dead man was not known. Police vehicles arrive at the scene of a Homicide in Chicago early on Christmas morning .