CHRISTOPHER – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Agents are investigating a fatal stabbing at a home in Christopher at the request of the Christopher Police Department.
 
The incident happened on Christmas Day at 4:30 p.m. in the 200 block of West 15th Street in Christopher. 

Preliminary information indicates that Christopher Police were called to the home for a family domestic dispute. Thirty-seven-year-old Jeffery Brown of Christopher was located inside the home and had suffered a stab wound. Brown was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The circumstances surrounding the stabbing are under investigation.
 
This open and on-going investigation is being led by ISP DCI and no additional information is being released at this time.