Woman charged with allegedly stabbing, killing 7-year-old girl on South Side
Police said minutes before her arrest, she allegedly stabbed and killed the girl in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the East Chatham neighborhood.
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Police said minutes before her arrest, she allegedly stabbed and killed the girl in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the East Chatham neighborhood.
Chicago police said the woman pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the 7-year-old girl multiple times in the back just before noon on Saturday.
Chicago police said the girl was walking on the southbound side of the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 3, just before noon, when she was approached by a woman.
Morales was stabbed to death back in January along with her unborn child.
A man was due in court Thursday on charges of stabbing a woman to death in Chicago's Avondale community this week.
Joliet police officers found the 50-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman, both of whom appeared to have suffered stab wounds early Sunday morning.
A court hearing was held Sunday for a woman charged with stabbing her 2-month-old daughter to death in a home on Chicago's Southwest Side.
Elk Grove Village police said on Feb. 25, a woman was found by a refuse dumpster and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Court documents said the deadly stabbing started after Nedas Revuckas bought a pickup truck from Morales' husband on Facebook Marketplace.
Downers Grove police launched a homicide investigation after the fire and said they have taken a person of interest into custody. No charges have been filed at this time, police said.
Chicago police said he was pronounced dead on the scene.
The three teens appeared in court on Tuesday, where a judge ordered the oldest teen to stay in jail.
Police said, around 7:20 a.m. Sunday, an unidentified man was found unresponsive in the 200 block of South Wabash Avenue, with a puncture wound to his upper body.
Wendy Tolbert admitted to stabbing her children inside their Logan Square home because she believed the devil possessed them, prosecutors said.
A 71-year-old man was arguing with an unknown man, who pulled out a sharp object and attacked the victim, stabbing him in the abdomen.
The offender was placed into custody by responding officers, and charges are pending.
Wendy Tolbert, 45, was charged with 14 felony counts, including first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated arson, and battery.
A four-year-old boy died from his injuries on Friday. A 13-year-old girl was critically injured, and a 10-year-old boy is in serious condition.
The victim, believed to be between 20 and 30 years of age, was found unresponsive in the alley in the 6200 block of South Michigan Avenue.
Jalonie Jenkins' defense attorney said the accused killer is now on medication for psychosis and asked for a mental health evaluation.
Jalonie Jenkins, 25, was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, but was unable to appear because he was hospitalized at Ascension St. Alexius Medical Center after his arrest.
Police had been looking for 25-year-old Jalonie Jenkins since last Thursday, after the bodies of 21-year-old Janiya Jenkins and 10-year-old Eyani Jones were found in a home in the 1600 block of McKool Avenue last Wednesday night.
The victim, identified as Freddy Roberto Pena-Busto, was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he died.
Chicago police said the victim was in the alley when an unknown man approached and an argument ensued.
CBS Chicago learned that the victim, a 64-year-old man, was working as a contractor and was part of a crew working at a construction site. He was unloading a van at the time of the incident and was stabbed over 10 times.
