Man arrested in 2007 murder of mother

CARBONDALE -- A southern Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2007 death of a 21-year-old mother of two young children.

Carbondale police say 24-year-old Elijah Lacy was arrested Monday without incident. He's being held in the Jackson County Jail on $1.5 million bond.

Police say hundreds of interviews were conducted in the case before Lacy was arrested.

He's accused of breaking into a Carbondale home on Jan. 6, 2007, and firing shots into the bedroom where Falon Taylor of Marion was sleeping, striking her.

Taylor's children, two boys now ages 4 and 3, are living with their grandparents.

It was not immediately clear whether Lacy has an attorney