Updated: 7:51 PM CDT August 2, 2021
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. Two men were charged for their alleged roles in a home invasion and deadly stabbing of a woman in East St. Louis Saturday morning.
Joseph Binford, 40, was charged with first-degree murder and home invasion, and Demonte Moore, 26, was charged with home invasion in connection with the incident that left Dwonique Seay dead.
East St. Louis Police and the Illinois Public Safety Enforcement Group were called to the area of 15th Street in East St. Louis at around 6:15 Saturday morning for a report of a home invasion. When they arrived, they found Seay in her home suffering from stab wounds. She was pronounced dead a short time later.