On Friday, police said they found a 30-year-old woman dead inside a home in the 13000-block of S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.
She was identified as Shaniqua Kinnard by the Cook County Medical Examiner.
Chicago police was originally conducting a death investigation.
Three days after her death, police arrested Jarve Toms-Dixon, 30 of Chicago on Sunday.
Toms-Dixon was charged with one count of murder.
The exact cause of Kinnard's death has not been released.
He is due in court on Wednesday.
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