Friday, March 9, 2012

Man stabbed boyfriend more than 50 times in fatal fight

Prosecutors say a man picked up a knife and stabbed his boyfriend more than 50 times during an arguement in their Lake View neighborhood apartment.

Herbert Van Stephens, 52, was charged Wednesday with one count of first-degree murder. On Thursday, he was ordered held on $500,000 bond, Cook County State’s Attorney’s office spokeswoman Lisa Gordon said.

John E. Atkinson, 25, of the 600 block of West Stratford Place, was pronounced dead at 12:08 a.m. Tuesday at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. The cause of death was multiple stab and incise wounds.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/11163492-418/prosecutors-man-stabbed-boyfriend-more-than-50-times-in-fatal-fight.html

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