PA Bill Number: HB335
Title: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.
Description: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons. ...
Last Action: Removed from table
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
Illinois Self-Defense: Police: Genoa Stabbing Death Was Self-Defense :: 06/19/2015
There will be no charges for a Genoa woman after the stabbing death of her husband on May 14, 2015. According to a joint release issued by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and DeKalb County State's Attorney's Office, Genoa Police responded to the home for a domestic incident which led to the death of Jene Burno.
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According to the release, responding officers located Jene Burno in a small bedroom of the residence that had been converted into a “craft room.” Mr. Burno had sustained a fatal stab wound to the chest.
Immediately after the stabbing, Kendra Burno had called 911 and immediately advised the dispatcher that she had stabbed her husband. The release says Sheriff’s deputies were directed to a neighbor’s residence where she spoke with responding deputies.
From the release:
Ms. Burno was transported to the Sheriff’s Office where she provided a lengthy interview to detectives. She cooperated completely with the investigation and provided information regarding events outside and inside the residence, leading up to the stabbing. Since her account of those events was strongly indicative of self-defense, and preliminary review of the scene supported her account, she was released from custody that night, pending completion of the investigation.
Ultimately, the information provided to the detectives by Ms. Burno was fully corroborated by the physical evidence at the scene established by Sheriff’s detectives who responded to the Burno residence and processed the scene, pursuant to a court ordered search warrant. The evidence was consistent with Mrs. Burno’s statements and in no way contradicted her account, which indicated that she was acting in self-defense at the time she armed herself, and when her husband suffered the fatal wound.
After review of all police reports and the video recorded interview of Kendra Burno, as well as meeting with the parents of Jene Burno, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and the DeKalb County State’s Attorney have determined that no criminal prosecution of Kendra Burno is warranted by the facts now known about the death of Jene Burno on May 14, 2015. Accordingly the investigation will be closed at this time, with no further actions contemplated or anticipated.
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