Phillip Gilmore was sentenced to for probation for punching his ex-wife in the stomach in May and other charges alleging he set fire to a house she was at were dismissed because she recanted.

Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said Suzanne C. Ayers, 30, was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital at 9 a.m. An autopsy was scheduled for later Friday.

University of Illinois police have issued a campus safety notice about three incidents of sexual extortion that have taken place in the past week.

Brian Clare, 45, of Champaign, admitted that on April 23, he had a loaded handgun in a vehicle that he was driving through Campustown.

In Robinson's home, police found pills containing fentanyl and two loaded guns, one of which had been reported stolen from Alabama.

Urbana police Lt. Mike Cervantes testified that because the shot hit a major vein that carries blood to the heart, the woman was critically injured.

Aaron Smith told police who found about an ounce of methamphetamine in his vehicle that he came to Champaign to buy drugs.

Demarco Gray admitted he had about 12 grams of cocaine which was tossed out a window as officers were conducting a court-authorized search of his residence.

“This was committed in such a brutal manner … a shockingly horrific way to shoot a friend in the back of the head to steal his gun. It’s numbing, mind-blowing,” said Julia Rietz.

Erion Davis-Murdock faces 45 years to life behind bars for the Decmeber 2021 murder of Trenton Jones, 27, of Champaign.