Murder trial begins for Rock Island man in 2023 killing
Glen J. Evans Jr., 19, Rock Island, faces a single count of first-degree murder on allegations he committed the August killing.
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Glen J. Evans Jr., 19, Rock Island, faces a single count of first-degree murder on allegations he committed the August killing.
Victim died after being poisoned by lethal fentanyl cocktail. But prosecutors decided against trying to prove a charge of drug-induced homicide.
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A bench trial began Monday morning at the McLean County Law and Justice Center for the Bloomington man accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Kiejoun Watts last February.