Overview

• Emerson Evans, 31, is charged with two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child following an Aug. 22 incident in Bloomington, Illinois.
• Police say officers found a pregnant woman in medical distress at a residence and that she later suffered a miscarriage.
• Court documents state Evans initially denied wrongdoing before admitting he provided mifepristone, which he allegedly purchased on campus for $50.
• Judge Amy McFarland granted prosecutors’ request to hold Evans pending trial, with an arraignment set for early September in McLean County Circuit Court.
• Reporting notes the charges are treated as akin to first-degree murder and could carry a sentence of up to 60 years, and police have withheld the victim’s name for privacy while similar cases have emerged in other states.