Peoria, IL, USA 104.9 The Wolf
(Peoria Co. Jail)
PEORIA, Ill. Peoria Police have arrested 58-year-old Michael Dyer in connection with the death of Jeffrey Blevins, whose body was found inside an RV on January 22 in the 8300 block of N. Knoxville Avenue.
On Friday, January 22, Detectives with Peoria Police Criminal Investigations Division located Dyer in Decatur, Illinois where he was in custody in the Macon County Jail for unrelated offenses. Dyer was interviewed by Peoria Police as a person of interest.
“Over the course of the next several days, investigators gathered information and evidence which led to the arrest of Dyer for First Degree Murder,” said Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson.
UPDATED 4:50 p.m. | Peoria Police say a man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Peoria woman whose body was found Thursday in East Peoria.
Authorities say Christopher J. Sanders, 42, was arrested in connection with the death of Mona Ellison on Thursday evening in the village of New Baden, Ill., 30 miles east of St. Louis.
Christopher J. Sanders
Credit Peoria Police
He was transferred to the Peoria Police Department for an interview and subsequently arrested for first degree murder. He has been booked into the Peoria County Jail.
Ellison, 50, was reported missing Wednesday from the 3500 block of NE Brevis in Peoria after not having been seen in several days. Authorities located her body Thursday in a wooded area behind an East Peoria apartment complex in the 100 block of Woodrow Dr.