A Peoria woman faces at least 20 and possibly up to 60 years in prison after being indicted by a Peoria County grand jury related to the stabbing death of her boyfriend.
Heaven Kruzan, 22, faces a single count of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Lamario Billups, 34, who suffered a single wound to his chest March 8.
Her bond remains at $500,000 and she is scheduled to appear in court April 6 to be arraigned on the charges. In addition, she has a $50,000 warrant from McLean County involving an unrelated drug charge. She would have to post $55,000 total to be released from the Peoria County Jail.
At a bond hearing earlier this month, a prosecutor said a witness had come down into the basement of a house in the 1900 block of South Stanley Street. There, Billups and Kruzan were near a bed. The two had been arguing and Billups stood up, took a few steps and declared that Kruzan had stabbed him, before falling to the ground, the prosecutor said.
Kruzan fled before officers could arrive. She was arrested a short time later and questioned at the police station. There, she initially gave officers a false name before admitting the two were in a relationship, the prosecutor said.