CHICAGO – FEBRUARY 08: Illinois State Police vehicle is on display at the 110th Annual Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois on February 8, 2018.
Neighbors say they saw the suspect going door to door in the area, peering into windows and carrying a large knife. John Wesley Allen Sr. was found stabbed to death.
Less than an hour before the homicide, Ring camera footage captured the man approaching a home, looking into the camera and saying, “I have a gift for you.”
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (WTVO) — A 15-year-old accused of fatally stabbing a 78-year-old man in East St. Louis while dressed in a clown costume could be prosecuted as an adult, according to Illinois authorities and court filings.
EAST ST. LOUIS — Authorities have charged a 15-year-old child in the death of an elderly Jennings man who was stabbed repeatedly and left on an East St. Louis road late Monday.
KSDK, FAMILY PHOTOS, LAURA FLEMING, CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — It looked like a scene from a horror film: A figure dressed in a baggy black and red clown outfit, their face partially covered, approaching a Ring camera late at night, glaring into the lens and whispering a warning, “I’m looking…
EAST ST. LOUIS — A 15-year-old East St. Louis juvenile was arrested after a 78-year-old Jennings, Mo., man was stabbed to death Sunday night, Aug. 3, 2026, while waiting at a bus stop in East St. Louis, Illinois State Police said.
A teenager who is accused of dressing as a clown and randomly stabbing a man in the St. Louis area has been charged with murder. Authorities in Illinois say the random attack happened at a bus stop in East St.…
A 78-year-old man was likely making one of his regular, unannounced visits to his older sister when he tragically crossed paths with a knife-wielding teenager in a clown costume, the victim’s family said Friday.
