Victim had criminal history, with most recent charges of Agg Batt - including one Class X - filed in September
PULASKI CO., Ill. - A woman in Pulaski County is behind bars after a domestic situation turned deadly Friday night.
Illinois State Police are working the case at the request of local authorities after a brief investigation into the incident, which occurred at some time Friady evening, December 28.
Pulaski County sheriff's authorities initially responded to the scene in the little town of Karnak, where they had been called in reference to a domestic disturbance. However, upon arrival, they found Durial D. King, 33, having been stabbed. The other half of the domestic was Christie Brown, 31, who was arrested as the stabber.
King was transported to an undisclosed medical facility, where he died of his injuries.
Brown was jailed Friday night and formally charged on Saturday with a count of Involuntary Manslaughter of a Family Member and a count of Aggravated Domestic Battery, both of them Class 2 felonies and probationable. Considering she has no criminal history,
King, on the other hand, is a different story.
His criminal history in Pulaski County stretches back a number of years and, most recently in September of 2018, was charged with Class 3 felony Aggravated Battery in a Public Place and Class X felony Aggravated Battery Causing Great Bodily Harm using a Flammable Substance. Online court records don't show who the victim was; chances are, however, that people in Karnak are aware of it.
Those charges were dismissed today (December 31) upon King's death.
Brown is being detained pending either setting of a bond (if she can post it) or a preliminary hearing, which has been scheduled for January 14.