An alert taxi driver s information helped lead to the arrest of Christopher Sanders in the slaying of Peorian Mona Ellison, whose remains were found less than a day after she was reported missing this week.
Prosecutors provided that information Saturday when a first-degree murder charge was formally lodged against Sanders over the death of Ellison, 50.
Bail was set at $1.5 million, and Sanders remained in the Peoria County Jail on Saturday afternoon, online jail records showed.
Sanders, 42, was dating Ellison, and was seen carrying large, stuffed bags out of a residence he frequented and getting into a taxi with them, Peoria County State s Attorney Jodi Hoos said Saturday afternoon.