{"id":234692,"date":"2026-05-17T20:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234692\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:21:34","slug":"illinois-state-police-arrest-east-st-louis-man-after-homicide-investigation-in-brooklyn-the-troy-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234692\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois State Police arrest East St. Louis man after homicide investigation in Brooklyn \u2013 The Troy Times Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75491 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/05.14.26_Z6MC_Ursery-Booking-Photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"202\"\/>Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Major Crimes Unit Special Agents arrested 46-year-old Demario A. Ursery of East St. Louis for First Degree Murder (Class M Felony).<\/p>\n<p>On May 12, 2026, the Brooklyn Police Department and St. Clair County Housing Authority Police requested ISP\u2019s assistance with a homicide investigation at an apartment in the 600 block of South 6th Street. Officers conducting a welfare check located a deceased female, 37-year-old Dolnesha Jones.<\/p>\n<p>After a swift and thorough investigation, ISP Special Agents identified Ursery as the suspect. On May 14, 2026, ISP Special Agents presented the case to St. Clair County State\u2019s Attorney James Gomric and the above-mentioned charge was filed. Ursery is being held at the St. Clair County Jail pending his first court appearance. There is no further information.<\/p>\n<p>       Related Posts     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timestribunenews.com\/2026\/05\/16\/rep-schmidt-sees-huge-success-from-his-tire-recycling-event-food-drive\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"Rep. Schmidt sees huge success from his tire recycling event, food drive\" target=\"_blank\"> <img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Schmidt-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timestribunenews.com\/2026\/05\/16\/hawthorne-animal-hospital-to-celebrate-70-years-of-caring-for-pets-in-madison-county\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"Hawthorne Animal Hospital to celebrate 70 years of caring for pets in Madison County\" target=\"_blank\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hawthorne-5-12-26-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/a>      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Major Crimes Unit Special Agents arrested 46-year-old Demario&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-234692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}