Man arrested in murder of missing 14-year-old girl

CHICAGO- A man has been arrested, and charged with the murder of a missing teen girl who was brutally killed last year.

Authorities on Tuesday executed two warrants on 35-year-old Deon Simmons, WGNTV reports.

Simmons is accused of killing 14-year-old Takalah Tribitt in Sept. of 2019. The medical examiner’s office determined that she died from a gunshot wound.

Tribitt had been reported missing in Illinois in early Sept by her family.