(Peoria County Jail)
PEORIA, Ill. Christopher Sanders, the 42-year-old accused of killing Mona Ellison, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Sanders allegedly beat and strangled Ellison to death, and his bond has been set at $1.5 million.
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(Peoria Police Department)
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. The Tazewell County Coroner has released autopsy results related to a recent homicide case.
Coroner Charles Hanley said that 50-year-old Mona Ellison’s death was caused by blunt force trauma.
“Due to an ongoing investigation, no further information will be released. Anyone with information is asked to contact Peoria Police or CrimeStoppers,” Hanley said.
42-year-old Christopher Sanders was arrested last Thursday night in connection with Ellison’s death.
Ellison’s body was found Thursday morning in a wooded area behind a housing unit in East Peoria. She had been reported missing last Wednesday night in Peoria.
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An alert taxi driver s information helped lead to the arrest of Christopher Sanders in the slaying of Peorian Mona Ellison, whose remains were found less than a day after she was reported missing this week.
Prosecutors provided that information Saturday when a first-degree murder charge was formally lodged against Sanders over the death of Ellison, 50.
Bail was set at $1.5 million, and Sanders remained in the Peoria County Jail on Saturday afternoon, online jail records showed.
Sanders, 42, was dating Ellison, and was seen carrying large, stuffed bags out of a residence he frequented and getting into a taxi with them, Peoria County State s Attorney Jodi Hoos said Saturday afternoon.
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