Overview

• On July 6, Tolbert was indicted on 14 felony counts including one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and six counts of aggravated arson.
• Prosecutors allege she stabbed her 4-year-old son, Jordan Wallace, 36 times, and he died of his injuries at Stroger Hospital.
• At her detention hearing, Judge James Murphy described her actions as predatory and dangerous and denied her bail.
• Her 13-year-old daughter remains in critical condition after multiple stab wounds, and her 10-year-old son has been released following treatment.
• Investigators say Tolbert believed her children were “possessed by the devil” before setting the house ablaze; the fire spread to a neighbor’s home and sent two residents and three officers to hospitals for smoke inhalation.