John L. Wilson Jr. is fit to stand trial in the October stabbing death of an Indian
Head Parkteenager who walked in on a burglary in progress at her home, a
judge ruled today.
Cook County Judge John Hynes found Wilson fit after reviewing
psychiatric reports and evaluations, according to Cook County State’s Attorney
Spokesman Andy Conklin.
Wilson, 38, is charged with the stabbing death of Kelli O'Laughlin
in October as she arrived home from high school, then using her cell
phone to send taunting text messages to her mother.
He was arrested about a week later after authorities tracked the
cell phone. Wilson’s older brother, Shun Dantzler, told the Chicago Tribune soon
after the incident that Wilson “had problems, psychiatric problems.”
According to Cook County State’s Attorney Anita
Alvarez, Wilson grabbed an 8-inch carving knife from a butcher's block and
stabbed Kelli in the neck, back and chest. He then dragged her body from the
family room into the kitchen.
Alvarez said Wilson ransacked the home and fled with a bowl of
coins, an iPod
Touch and Kelli's phone. The knife was found in the family room.
Prosecutors said that Wilson is a habitual criminal who had been
in prison for 17 of the last 20 years.
Wilson was last paroled Nov. 16, 2010 after serving part of an
11-year prison term for a robbery in which he snatched a woman’s purse in
Chicago in August 2002.
Conklin said the next court hearing for Wilson is set for May 30
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