Mundelein woman charged with murder in fatal stabbing

A 44-year-old Mundelein woman faces murder charges in the fatal stabbing of a 53-year-old man early Monday in what police are calling a domestic altercation.

Jeanette Crespo, of the 1400 block of Downing Place, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning for a hearing on whether she will be held in custody while awaiting trial on two counts of first-degree murder, police said Tuesday.

Crespo is charged in the slaying of Michael Murphy, who authorities said was stabbed multiple times in the neck and chest during an altercation at the Park Butterfield apartment complex.

Police officers responding to a 911 call from the apartment found Murphy bleeding from the upper torso at about 5:30 a.m. Monday, authorities said. Murphy was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where he died from multiple stab wounds, according to the Lake County coroner’s office.

Mundelein police said Tuesday they are not seeking any other suspects or persons of interest in the investigation.