2021 Peoria Homicide

A 22-year-old man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for his role in an October 2021 murder in Peoria.

Gabriel Cook's remains were found in rural Peoria County on Saturday, more than three years after his March 2021 disappearance.

Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said a man was cleaning up his property when he found the remains, which the sheriff said appear to have been there for some time.

A St. Louis man on Wednesday was found guilty of the 2021 murder of a prominent Peoria surgeon and patron of the arts.

A Peoria man was sentenced to 80 years in prison Friday for the murder of a Manual High School student.

A Peoria County jury took 90 minutes on Wednesday to convict 29-year-old Tahir Goodman of killing J'Naysia Hobbs and setting her body on fire in an attempt to cover up the murder.

A Peoria man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2021 murder of 50-year-old Mona Ellison.

A Peoria man was sentenced Thursday to the maximum 80-year prison term in a murder case.

It took a Peoria County jury less than 40 minutes to find Christopher J. Sanders, 45, guilty for the murder of 50-year-old Mona Ellison on Wednesday.

A Peoria man was convicted this week of murder in a case where the victim's body was never actually found.