Lacey Gaines, 20 - found stabbed and strangled to death in her home on Monday, December 7, 2009
Justice, IL
Cops: Justice woman's murder was isolated incident
Chicago Breaking News - 12/09/09

The slaying of a 20-year-old woman who was found strangled and stabbed inside her south suburban Justice apartment appears to be an isolated incident, Justice Police Chief Bob Gedville said today.

The incident does not appear to be a robbery or a burglary, the chief said, and police are investigating whether the woman killed, Lacey Gaines, knew her killer. Gaines, of the first block of Hickory Trace Drive, was single, Gedville said.

About 7 p.m. Monday police responded to a call for an unresponsive female covered in blood and found Gaines, Gedville said. She was pronounced dead at 7:19 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and her death was ruled a homicide by the Cook County medical examiner's office. She died of strangulation and multiple stab wounds, the office ruled.
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Police have been conducting several interviews but do not plan to file charges in the immediate future, Gedville said. No suspects are in custody, he said.

Death of 20-year-old Justice woman ruled a homicide
Chicago Tribune - 12/09/09

A 20-year-old woman was stabbed and strangled Monday in her south suburban home, authorities said.

Lacey Gaines, of the first block of Hickory Trace Drive in Justice, was pronounced dead at 7:19 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. She died of multiple stab wounds and strangulation in a homicide, the office ruled after an autopsy Tuesday.

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