CHICAGO, IL – October 5, 2026 (STL.News) The broad-daylight stabbing death of a 7-year-old girl walking with her older sister on Chicago’s South Side has devastated her family and raised questions about how the woman now charged with killing her was handled during previous encounters with the Cook County criminal justice system. Shavon Gayden, 48, has been charged with one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the killing, according to Chicago police. Police said the girl was walking near 86th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue shortly before noon Saturday when a woman approached and stabbed
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