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Bail was denied Sunday for a 20-year-old man who’s accused of stabbing an elderly family member dozens of times using a “samurai knife,” leaving her dead inside her Bellwood home before making off with a phone and envelopes of cash.
Isaiah Jones is charged with first-degree murder in Thursday’s killing of 76-year-old Jearlean Willingham.
At a court hearing Sunday, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Christina Darcopoulos described Willingham as his “step-great-grandmother” and said he spent much of his life with her.
Isaiah Jones
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After attending Bible study on Wednesday, Willingham returned to her home in the 3800 block of West Van Buren Street, where Jones was staying, according to Darcopoulos and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.