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This is so heartbreaking.
Read more at ... http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/daddy-please-dont-alexis-stubbs-begged-stepfather-for-her-life/John Singleton, 31, had known the girl and her mother for four years and had a stepfather relationship with the preteen, Assistant States Attorney Guy Lisuzzo said.
The relationship had endured even after Singleton was sentenced in 2014 to three years in prison for attempting to strangle Alexis mother.
Singleton had moved in with the family on Wednesday June 7 the day he was released on parole for the 2014 attack.
Read more at ... http://abc7chicago.com/news/man-charged-with-fatally-stabbing-girl-12/2086806/John Singleton, 31, of Chicago, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping - inflict harm, and one count of aggravated harm to Police/Department of Corrections/Department of Human Services, all felonies, police said Monday evening. Singleton was serving time for an aggravated battery conviction and was released on parole in April.
Read more at ... http://abc13.com/news/12-year-old-screamed-daddy-dont-during-fatal-stabbing/2098041/Prosecutors said Singleton killed Stubbs in a rage after her mother told him he had to vacate her North Side apartment. He'd been staying there since being released from a halfway house a few days earlier on parole after spending three years in custody for attempting to strangle her back in 2014. Singleton had moved back in but the woman didn't want him there because her lease prohibited felons, prosecutors said.
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Singleton was found by police hiding inside a portable toilet. Following his arrest, Singleton attacked one of the detectives who had been questioning him and is now charged with aggravated battery of a police officer in addition to kidnapping and murder.