Elgin man charged with murder in ‘domestic-related’ stabbing death

An Elgin man is charged with first-degree murder following the Tuesday stabbing death of a woman in what authorities labeled a “domestic-related” incident.

30-year-old Jonatann Villafuerte-Ontiveros of the 800 block of Suzanne Lane was ordered held pretrial at a hearing Friday morning.

Prosecutors didn’t explain the relationship between Villafuerte-Ontiveros and the unnamed woman, but said the pair were arguing inside the home they shared at about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday when he grabbed her by the neck and began strangling her.

Other people inside the house were able to separate the pair, but Villafuerte-Ontiveros grabbed a knife at one point and went after the woman once again, confronting her in a bathroom.

The woman was stabbed multiple times, including the face and the neck as well as a deep penetrating wound to her chest, prosecutors said during his detention hearing.

Officers arrived and found the woman unconscious and covered in blood, prosecutors added. Villafuerte-Ontiveros was at the home when officers arrived and taken into custody.

The woman was transported to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Police observed scratch marks on Villafuerte-Ontiveros, but nothing that indicated he had been attacked with a knife.

Villafuerte-Ontiveros does not have an extensive criminal history, just a 2020 conviction for battery in Kane County, for which he received 18 months probation.