A woman taken into custody earlier this week following a fatal stabbing in South Deering has been released without being charged, police said.
The stabbing, which police called “domestic-related,” happened about 1:19 a.m. Tuesday in the 10700 block of South Bensley Avenue on the city’s South Side.
A 26-year-old man, who was not immediately identified, was stabbed in his chest inside a residence on the block. He was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
Following the stabbing, the man’s 24-year-old girlfriend was taken into custody. Police said Wednesday afternoon the woman had been released and would not face criminal charges in the man’s death.
UPDATE — On May 19, 2015, the 26-year-old man was identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Joseph Williams, of the block in which he was killed. His cause of death was a stab wound of the chest and his death was ruled a homicide. He was pronounced dead at 1:59 a.m. at Trinity hospital.
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