Shavon Gayden Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Chicago Girl

Seven-year-old Eddimar Paola Hernández Chacón was fatally stabbed while walking with her 16-year-old sister near South Cottage Grove Avenue and East 86th Street in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood on Saturday. Police said a woman approached and stabbed the child multiple times; authorities have not established a motive, and reports describe the attack as apparently random. Bystanders detained the suspect, who was treated for injuries and taken into custody. Shavon Gayden, 48, has been charged with first-degree murder. Family and neighbors held a vigil, and a youth violence-prevention group announced plans to raise funds for a living memorial in the child’s honor.