A woman is charged with stabbing another woman to death during a domestic dispute in the Austin neighborhood early Friday.
Debra Jean Jones, 54, is charged with first-degree murder for the domestic-related stabbing in the 1100 block of North Mayfield Avenue, police said.
She and Shounya Burnett, 45, were arguing about 12:55 a.m. in a first-floor apartment when Jones allegedly stabbed Burnett in the neck and chin with a knife, authorities claim.
Debra Jean Jones
Jones, also of the 1100 block of North Mayfield, is being held in the Cook COunty Jail on a $900,000 bond.
Police described the stabbing as a domestic incident.