Dec 1, 2010
A man believed to be the boyfriend of the 17-year-old woman found fatally stabbed along with her mother and younger sister inside an apartment in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side is now charged.
Denzel Pittman, 18, of the 120 block of Westwood Drive in Park Forest, was charged with three counts of murder, according to police News Affairs. Pittman is expected in bond court later Wednesday.
Police said Pittman is the boyfriend of Jade Hannah.
At 10:28 p.m. Monday, three females were found unresponsive inside a residence in the 11100 block of South Bell Avenue, according to police News Affairs.
The victims were identified by family members as 43-year-old Stacy Cochran-Hill, and her daughters Jade Hannah, 17 and Joi Cochran, 11.
All three died of multiple injuries and their deaths were ruled homicides, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
All the victims were stabbed multiple times and Jade had a big gash on her side, a source said.
Cochran-Hill had used a cane to help her get around. She had just recently moved to the apartment with Jade and Joi, relatives said.
Police initially interviewed a male suspect who knew Jade. He allegedly killed her before turning his knife on Joi and their mother, sources said.
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