03/07/2016 - Report #611 - Victim: Nathan Richard Funkhouser - Location: Belleville, IL

MCS Report #611

Classification: Homicide

Requesting Agency: Belleville Police Department

Date of Activation: 03/07/2016

Commander and Department: Lt. Matt Eiskant, Belleville PD

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Lt. Kirk Brueggeman, O’Fallon PD

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Sgt. Rob Thomason, Belleville PD

Victim: Nathan Richard Funkhouser

Suspects: Jeremy Nichols Jackson

The Belleville Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Nathan Funkhouser. On 03-06-2016 at 9:19pm, police officers responded to Nathan Funkhouser’s apartment in the 500 block of North 40th Street, Belleville for a request to check the well-being of Funkhouser (age 34). Officers discovered Funkhouser dead inside his apartment from being stabbed in the chest and blunt force trauma.

As a result of this investigation, Jeremy Jackson (age 33) was charged with 1st Degree Murder. His bond was set at $800,000.

PastKathy Effan