Second person charged in deadly South Loop beating
Elbert Williams III (left) and Chrystal Martin | Chicago police
CHICAGO - A second person is facing a murder charge in the fatal beating of a man this January in the South Loop.
Elbert Williams III, 35, turned himself in to police Wednesday in the Jan. 4 murder of Timothy Vallianatos, Chicago police said.
Officers responded to a battery call at a residence in the 2100 block of South Michigan Avenue where they found Vallianatos with a gunshot wound and blunt force trauma to the head. Vallianatos was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Chrystal Martin, 28, was arrested and charged in the murder of Vallianatos on July 28. Martin is behind held at Cook County Jail on a $300,000 bond.
Her next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 26.
Williams also faces one count of felony first degree murder.
He is due in bond court Thursday.