http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/lonika-welch/Latest news about Lonika Welchen-usTue, 20 Jan 2015 15:09:46 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/01/20/lonika-welch-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-stabbing-her-mother-to-death/<img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/01/LonikaWelch.jpg" alt="Lonika Welch / Photo from Chicago Police" width="225" height="300" class="size-full wp-image-9774" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Lonika Welch / Photo from Chicago Police</p> <p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>A South Chicago woman was sentenced to five years in prison this month for the January 2013 stabbing death of her mother at their South Side home.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/lonika-welch/">Lonika Welch</a>, 27, was initially charged with first-degree murder for the Jan. 6, 2013 stabbing death of 55-year-old Angela Welch at their home in the 8300 block of South Kingston Avenue, authorities said.</p> <p>Emergency crews found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/angela-welch/">Angela Welch</a> stabbed multiple times inside the home and an autopsy ruled the death a homicide, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9773"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/8.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>The charges were later reduced to second-degree murder, and Judge James B. Linn found her guilty of the lesser offense on Nov. 12, 2014, according to court records. It was not immediately known why the charges were reduced.</p> <p>Linn sentenced her to five years in prison on Jan. 7.</p> <p>Lonika Welch had been held at Cook County Jail on $500,000 bond and was given credit for 733 days served, according to court records.</p> <p>She was admitted to the Logan Correctional Center in downstate Lincoln on Jan. 14 and is projected to be paroled on June 24, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.</p> Michael LansuTue, 20 Jan 2015 15:09:46 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/01/20/lonika-welch-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-stabbing-her-mother-to-death/Angela WelchLonika Welchhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/04/05/daughter-suspected-in-mothers-death-2/<p><b>Chicago Sun-Times (IL)</b> - Sunday, January 6, 2013</p> <p>A 25-year-old woman was arrested early Sunday, suspected of fatally stabbing her mother during a domestic dispute in the South Chicago neighborhood.</p> <p>Authorities found the 55-year-old mother had been stabbed multiple times when they responded to her home in the 8300 block of South Kingston Avenue about 6:45 p.m. Saturday night, authorities said.</p> <p>Paramedics took Angela Welch to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.</p> <p>Lonika Welch, her daughter and a suspect in the slaying, initially fled but was taken into police custody early Sunday, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. Charges are pending against the 25-year-old woman.</p> <p>Area South detectives are investigating the death as a homicide.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> John CarpenterFri, 05 Apr 2013 10:49:58 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/04/05/daughter-suspected-in-mothers-death-2/Lonika Welch