Homicide

Caleb Lawson, from Downs, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated DUI causing death and leaving the scene of an accident involving a death.

Osman McLaurin, 29, was convicted of first-degree murder in June. Judge Jason Chambers sentenced him Thursday to more than a century in prison.

A McLean County jury convicted Tomiyale Anderson, 22, on all counts related to the shooting death of 17-year-old Kanye Stowers, a student at Richwoods High School in Peoria.

Friday marks six months since the death of Mariah Kletz, a 16-year-old who died in a mobile home in southwest Bloomington. Her family say they're anxious to see an arrest in the case.

A jury found Osman McLaurin guilty of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting of Geoffrey Rowry.

Emerson Evans, 32, pleaded guilty to manslaughter of an unborn baby after being accused of slipping abortion pills to his girlfriend last year.

Desiree Robertson must serve at least half her sentence. She told jurors in February she was acting in self-defense when she shot Daniel Shelby, 41, twice in the head.

A McLean County jury determined Desiree Robertson was guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday after fatally shooting her husband in 2024.

The family of the 16-year-old Bloomington girl who died last week remember her as a loving and caring person. Aunt Sarah Kletz says her Mariah Kletz was her "forever best friend."

Bloomington Police now call the death of a 16-year-girl earlier this month a homicide investigation. But they have released few other details, including a cause of death.