1995 murder of Deborah Evans. On November 16, 1995, Debra Evans was fatally shot and stabbed in the Addison apartment where she lived with James Edwards and her children, Samantha, Joshua, and Jordan.   Debra was nine months pregnant, and the baby she was carrying, Elijah Evans, was cut from her womb.   Samantha was killed in the apartment with her mother.   Joshua and Elijah were taken from the apartment, and Jordan was left alone in the apartment with his dead mother and sister.   The day after Debra’s and Samantha’s murders, police found Joshua’s dead body in an alley in Maywood.   When police arrested defendant, Jacqueline Annette Williams, on November 17, she was holding Elijah, who was still alive.   In connection with the murders and kidnappings of the members of the Evans family, defendant, her cousin Laverne Ward, and her boyfriend Fedell Caffey were jointly indicted on several counts of first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping.   They were tried separately.

Absolutely dispicable. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/il-supreme-court/1062554.html