Homicide

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.

Shaquan Hosea, 30, is accused of causing the death of two women who purchased drugs from him, not knowing it was fentanyl.

Justin Kletz was sentenced Tuesday for his role in killing Jamere Bew of Bloomington. Bew was beaten and shot, then left in a rural McLean County ditch, by three accomplices who have all accepted plea deals.

Luis Monroy pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of Nicholas Zapata during a party in Bloomington. He will be eligible for parole in 20 years.

Emerson Evans, 31, appeared before Judge Amy McFarland Monday afternoon for a pretrial detention hearing on two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child. Prosecutors argued Evans should be held in McLean County Jail awaiting trial; McFarland agreed.