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Peoria Woman in Custody Following Fatal Stabbing

Peoria Police Department

A woman is facing murder charges following a stabbing in a central Peoria parking lot.

The Peoria Police Department says 31-year-old Sheyanah N. Lee of Peoria was taken into custody in the Associated Bank parking lot Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities were called to the Brandywine Drive location around 1:45 p.m. on a report a woman was having trouble with two other females. Upon arrival officers located a woman with life-threatening stab wounds. The unnamed victim died a short time later at a Peoria hospital.

Lee is also facing charges of Mob Action and Battery in an unrelated incident. She is being held in the Peoria County Jail.

Kristin McHugh is an experienced radio journalist and nonprofit manager. Most recently, she served as executive director of the Peoria Area World Affairs Council.