Overview

• Chicago police charged 30-year-old Jarve Toms-Dixon with one count of murder in connection with the July 11 assault that killed Shaniqua Kinnard.
• Kinnard was discovered unresponsive inside her Riverdale home and pronounced dead after an autopsy ruled her death a homicide caused by multiple injuries.
• The Cook County medical examiner has not disclosed the exact cause of death, and detectives continue gathering evidence and questioning other potential witnesses.
• Toms-Dixon is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday to face the murder charge.
• The arrest marks the first indictment linked to a recent spike in shootings, stabbings and assaults on Chicago’s South Side.