Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A 56-year-old woman was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing Shounya Burnett during a domestic argument in the West Side Austin neighborhood in 2013. Debra Jean Jones was found guilty of second-degree murder after a bench trial before Judge Joseph Kazmierski, according to Cook County … Read more →

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 … Read more →