first-degree murder

Tazewell County prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges against a 93-year-old Pekin man accused of killing his wife. James Pate remains in custody in the Tazewell County Jail following his arrest Tuesday afternoon for allegedly causing the death of Cheryl Pate, 80.

Pekin police arrested a 93-year-old man on a charge of first-degree murder Tuesday in connection with the stabbing death of a female victim.

A Peoria woman has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison after pleading guilty to the 2023 murder of her boyfriend.

A Peoria man has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend in 2021.

A 22-year-old man has been indicted in connection with a 2023 murder in Peoria, along with corrupt organization charges for participation in a violent street gang known as “the Snakes.”

A Peoria County jury has returned guilty verdicts in the murder trial of a Peoria man who shot another man during a 2023 dice game in the city’s North Valley.

The man convicted of first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting death of a Peoria teen has been sentenced to a maximum 85-year prison term for the crime.

A 22-year-old Peoria man has been charged with first-degree murder stemming from a 2023 mass shooting on the city’s South Side that resulted in a teen’s death a month after the incident.

A Peoria County grand jury has returned a first-degree murder indictment against a woman suspected of killing another woman earlier this month near the Peoria Riverfront.

A man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Peoria teen during an attempted armed robbery in 2023.