People v. Williams
Illinois Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McMORROW
On November 16, 1995, Debra Evans was fatally shot and stabbed in the Addison apartment where she lived with James Edwards and her children, Samantha, Joshua, and Jordan. Debra was nine months pregnant, and the baby she was carrying, Elijah Evans, was cut from her womb. Samantha was killed in the apartment with her mother. Joshua and Elijah were taken from the apartment, and Jordan was left alone in the apartment with his dead mother and sister. The day after Debra’s and Samantha’s murders, police found Joshua’s dead body in an alley in Maywood. When police arrested defendant, Jacqueline…
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