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Cops: Justice woman's murder was isolated incident

Thu 10 Dec 2009 03:18

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The slaying of a 20-year-old woman who was found strangled and stabbed inside her south

suburban Justice apartment appears to be an isolated incident, Justice Police Chief BobGedville said today.

The incident does not appear to be a robbery or a burglary, the chief said, and police are

investigating whether the woman killed, Lacey Gaines, knew her killer. Gaines, of the first block

of Hickory Trace Drive, was single, Gedville said.

About 7 p.m. Monday police responded to a call for an unresponsive female covered in blood

and found Gaines, Gedville said. She was pronounced dead at 7:19 p.m. at Advocate Christ

Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and her death was ruled a homicide by the Cook County medical

examiner's office. She died of strangulation and multiple stab wounds, the office ruled.

Police have been conducting several interviews but do not plan to file charges in the immediate

future, Gedville said. No suspects are in custody, he said.

About 30 to 40 detectives from Justice and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are

investigating.

The last murder in Justice was in 2000 when Paul Villanueva, now 50, shot to death his

girlfriend in their home in the 8800 block of West 83rd Street, Gedville said. Villanueva was

sentenced to 25 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

--Kristen Schorsch

Chicago Tribune