04/23/1997 - Report #282 - Victims: Dayle L. Ebel and Walter C. Harris - Location: St. Clair County, IL

MCS Report #282

Classification: Homicide

Requesting Agency: St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department

Date of Activation: 04/23/1997

Commander and Department: Lt. Jim Stover, O’Fallon PD

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Deputy Richard Wagner, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Dept

Victims: Dayle L. Ebel and Walter C. Harris

Suspect: Von D. Jones

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the deaths of Dayle Ebel and Walter Harris. At approximately 4:49pm, deputies responded to an apartment in the 100 block of Adeline in Belleville for a report of a shooting. When deputies arrived, they located Dayle Ebel (age 22) and Walter Harris (age 31) inside the residence. They had both been shot and were pronounced dead on scene.

As a result of this investigation, Von Jones (age 27) was charged with two counts of 1st Degree Murder. His bond was set at $2,000,000.

PastKathy Effan