Woman found dead in Roseland, police charge Chicago man with murder

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been charged in the murder of a 30-year-old woman. Chicago police said she was found dead at a South Side home over the weekend.

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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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