GALESBURG, Ill. — A woman has been arrested and charged in the stabbing death of her seven-year-old daughter.
According to a statement from the City of Galesburg, police were called to a neighborhood south of Main Street on the west side of town Sunday for an "unknown problem with a child."
There, in the 1500 block of McKnight Street, police said they found a seven-year-old girl had died, "from apparent knife wounds."
The investigation that followed led law enforcement officers to arrest the girl's mother, 29-year-old Hazel L. Ivy, said the statement. She has been charged with first-degree murder.
The Galesburg Police Department, Knox County Sheriff's Office, Knox County State's Attorney's Office and the Illinois State Police took part in the investigation.
On Monday, counselors were available to people who needed support n response to the murder. The trained staff will be available at Steele School at 1480 West Main Street until 4 p.m. Mask-wearing and social distancing will be in place.
If you have any information in this case, you are asked to call the Galesburg Police Department at 309-343-9151 or Galesburg CrimeStoppers at 309-344-0044.
On Monday, January 25, the Galesburg Police Department provided Ivy's booking photo (below). The photo with the blue background that was previously used was from her driver's license.
