Marquis Anderson | Homicide Watch Chicago

Report: Alleged killer used victim's money to get her nails done

John Carpenter — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:06:09 -0500

DNAinfo reports that Ashauntiara Cody, 21, one of four people accused in the stabbing death of Marquis Anderson, of Calumet City, used money stolen from Anderson to do her nails and replace hair that was ripped from her scalp in a struggle with him. Read more here.

4 charged with West Side robbery and stabbing death

John Carpenter — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:51:34 -0500

Sun-Times Media Wire; April 25, 2013 3:06AM Four people charged with robbing and stabbing a Calumet City man to death in the Austin neighborhood last February are scheduled to appear in court Thursday, police said.

Marquis Anderson, 22, was found stabbed to death in the 5000 block of West Ohio Street just before 11:30 p.m. on Feb 11, police Chicago Police News Affairs said in a statement.

Anderson, of the 0-100 block of Webb Street in Calumet City, died at the scene from multiple stab wounds, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said at the time.

Two of the people charged with Anderson’s death live within blocks of the scene of his murder, according to police.

Ashauntiara Cody, 21, of the 5000 block of West Ohio Street, faces one count of first-degree murder and count of armed robbery, police said.

Her nearby neighbor, 17-year-old Carlisle Lopez, of the 5200 block of West Race Avenue, faces the same charges – as do the other two men charged with the crime.

Victor Wilson, 24, of Rockford, and Deandre Davenport, 20, of the 7800 block of South Vernon Avenue will appear alongside them in court facing the same charges.

Man stabbed, killed, on West Side

John Carpenter — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:14:58 -0500

Sun-Times Media Wire, February 12, 2013 7:40PM

A Calumet City man was killed in a stabbing on the West Side late Monday night, authorities said.

He was found in an alley in the 5000 block of West Ohio Street in the Austin neighborhood about 11:25 p.m., said police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.

Marquis Anderson, 22, of the 0-100 block of Webb Street in Calumet City, was dead at the scene, authorities said.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.