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A Lincoln Park man was charged today in the slaying of a LaCrosse, Wisc., woman found stabbed to death in a boutique hotel this week, police said.
C** L**, 23, has been charged with first-degree murder and soliciting for a prostitute in connection with the slaying of , 31, police said in a news release.
was found lying beside a bloody knife inside a room at the Hotel Staff edit, specific location, CC just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, officials said.
She suffered multiple stab wounds, including wounds to the back of her neck, authorities said.
L** is scheduled to appear in Cook County Bond Court on Friday.
was the mother of five children, her estranged husband S*** M*** said this week, but she had lost custody of them. She was in the midst of a court case with Wisconsin officials to regain custody of her children and was having trouble with finances, he said.
Records indicate had at least two arrests on misdemeanor prostitution charges, one in St. Louis in 2004 and another in Chicago in September. Records in Cook County indicate that she was arrested Sept. 16.
said he spoke to his wife just two days before she was found dead, and her younger sister spoke to her Monday night.
told her sister in the later phone conversation that she was in Chicago and planned to leave that night, her husband said.
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