EAST ST. LOUIS -- The 35-year-old East St. Louis woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend at her home Friday was charged with first-degree murder Saturday evening.
Tomeca White, of 1022 S. 15th St., was being held in an East St. Louis jail cell where she will probably remain until she is arraigned on Monday, Police Chief Michael Baxton said.
White is charged with the stabbing death of Demarco Thurman, 40, who police said was White's boyfriend. He lived in the 5900 block of Columbia in St. Louis.
Police were called to White's residence at 2:45 p.m. Friday to investigate a report of a stabbing.
When police arrived, "She told the police that she had stabbed her boyfriend," Detective Michael Floore said.
White also told police that she and Thurman got into an argument, Floore said.
Inside the residence, police located Thurman and the kitchen knife that is believed to be the weapon White used.
Paramedics were called but Thurman died at the South 15th Street house, Floore said.
White has children but Floore did not say whether they were in the home at the time of the domestic dispute.
White's bail was set at $500,000, Floore said.
"It's unfortunate that the city has had another homicide. The detectives who worked the case did a very good job. In this instance we have some closure for the victim's family," Baxton said.
"We still have several other open homicides that we are going to be focussing on and trying to bring some resolution to. We know that the families who lost loved ones because they were killed want the person who is responsible brought to justice," Baxton said.
Baxton said the public must be involved if the streets are to be safe.
"We need the residents to be our eyes and ears. When people see crowds gathering on corners where they live or hear loud arguments or any suspicious thing, we want them to call the police department," he said. "We will respond. It's our job."
Contact reporter Carolyn P. Smith at 239-2503.
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