Woman charged with fatally stabbing Dolton man

A woman has been charged with fatally stabbing a south suburban man during a domestic incident Thursday in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

Dezerai Gardner

Dezerai Gardner, 18, of the 2000 block of West Jarvis, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the connection with the death of 35-year-old Anthony Price, police said.

Price, of the 200 block of East 140th Street in Dolton, was stabbed in the chest about 1:30 p.m. in the 7300 block of North Seeley Avenue, authorities said.

According to LaDonna Price, Anthony Price’s mother, the stabbing occurred during an altercation between her son and Gardner’s mother. A police source confirmed that Gardner is the daughter of Price’s girlfriend.

Price was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston at 3:10 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Gardner is expected to appear Saturday in bond court.

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