Pair of Weekend Stabbings Gives City Violent Jolt

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 2, 2009 5:12PM

It's been a violent year so far in 2009, continuing the theme of 2008. A pair of bizarre weekend stabbings added to the year's early tally. Things started Friday night when Manuel Ortiz, a landlord in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, allegedly stabbed one of his tenants with an ice pick. The fight occurred at Ortiz's address in the 5900 block of South California Avenue. The tenant was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in serious condition but was treated and released. Police have charged Ortiz with aggravated battery and the cause of the fight is still unknown.

More disturbing is the case of Tiffany Cox, Carmelita Hall, Roslind Ball, and Miesha Nelson. What did these four women (pictured right - from top left: Hall, Nelson, Ball, Cox) do to warrant such attention?

About 2 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a call of women chasing a man with knives. Blood spots were found on snow and pavement outside a South Side home and led police to the body of a man who had been stabbed to death.

Yikes. The man was 30-year-old Morris Wilson and all four women have been charged with first-degree murder in his death.

Image from Chicago Police, via CBS 2