Suspect charged in Chicago South Side stabbings that killed woman, critically hurt her 2 sons
A man has been charged accused in the deadly stabbing of his child's mother and kidnapping and stabbing of her two other sons last week on the city's South Side.
Marcus Bausley, 39, is charged with one count each of attempted murder and aggravated battery to a child causing great bodily harm, and two counts of aggravated kidnapping.
The kidnapping prompted an Amber Alert before it was canceled early Friday when one of the boys, 8, was found safe.
Teone Jones, 33, was last heard from around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, when she spoke to her mother as she was cooking dinner for her family. Sometime after, Bausley, who is the father of her youngest son, stabbed her and her two eldest boys before kidnapping them and leaving her behind.
Her family said it was Bausley's mother who found Jones in her home Thursday night on the 7100 block of South Eberhart Avenue, with the doors and windows nailed shut.
An Amber Alert was later issued for Jones' 8-year-old son after her family said her 11-year-old son managed to escape the suspect's car in the Englewood neighborhood and ran from house to house looking for help. A neighbor eventually called police.
The 8-year-old was found after he was seen entering a gas station at 79th Street and Damen Avenue just before 4 a.m. on Friday.
Police said both the 8-year-old and the 11-year-old were taken to the hospital in critical condition and have undergone multiple surgeries for serious stab wounds all over their bodies.
Bausley arrested after pursuit in Indiana
Bausley was taken into custody Friday around 10 a.m. following a police pursuit on Interstate 65 in Merrillville, Indiana.
According to police, a plate reader alerted officers Friday about the silver 2022 Ford Escape mentioned in the Amber Alert around 9:30 a.m. About 10 minutes later, the Ford was located on I-65 near U.S. 30 in Merrillville, where Indiana State Police began chasing the car with the help of a Lake County Sheriff's Department helicopter.
Police were able to stop the car by boxing it in.
The driver was ordered to exit the vehicle but refused while putting a knife to his neck, police said. He was then taken into custody and then to a local emergency room for evaluation for a neck wound.
Bausley previously worked as a caseworker at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
Teone Jones leaves behind three sons, ages 11, 8, and 3.
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