Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
16%
3 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
8
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a seven-year-old girl, with police describing it as an unprovoked attack on a sidewalk in Chicago.
uncertain
police → charge → Chicago
Shavon Gayden, 48, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, Chicago police said in a statement on Sunday.
asserted
police → charge → Sunday
The killing happened just before noon on Saturday in the Chatham neighborhood.
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killing → happen → neighborhood
The victim has been identified by local media and the medical examiner’s office as Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon.
asserted
victim → identify → Chacon
Police and prosecutors have said the girl was walking with her 17-year-old sister when Gayden allegedly grabbed the younger child and fatally stabbed her on a busy thoroughfare, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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Tribune → say → thoroughfare
Bystanders chased after Gayden and held her, according to police, who arrested her on the scene.
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who → chase → scene
A spokesperson for the Cook county state’s attorney, which is prosecuting the case, said in an email that Gayden was supposed to appear in court on Monday, but remained hospitalized.
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Gayden → prosecute → Monday
A new hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday.
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hearing → schedule → Wednesday
Eddimar was pronounced dead at Comer children’s hospital.
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Eddimar → pronounce → hospital
A security photo from a nearby business showed the girl walking hand in hand with an older female when she was attacked, WLS-TV reported.
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TV → show → female
It was not immediately clear if there was any relationship between the attacker and the girl.
asserted
It → be → attacker
Police have not commented on a possible motive for the stabbing and declined Sunday to provide further details.
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Police → comment → details
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that an initial police report described the attack as “unprovoked”.
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report → report → attack
The newspaper reported that Gayden’s criminal history included reports of other seemingly random attacks, including striking a Chicago Transit Authority employee – a charge for which she pleaded guilty and received two years of probation.
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she → report → probation
Attempts to reach members of Gayden’s family by phone were unsuccessful, the AP reported.
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AP → reach → phone
Matthew Hendrickson, press secretary for the Cook county public defender, said that the office was assigned to Gayden at a hearing Monday but declined to comment further.
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office → say → hearing
In a GoFundMe post to raise funds for a funeral, the girl’s uncle, Richard Hernandez Chacon, wrote that Eddimar’s “passing leaves an indescribable void and profound grief in all of us who loved her”.
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who → raise → her
The AP’s messages left with Hernandez-Chacon and another person believed to be a family member were not immediately returned.
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messages → leave → Chacon
ABC7, a local station, reported on Monday that the mother of Gayden, who requested anonymity, apologized for the stabbing and said she had struggled to get mental health treatment for her daughter.
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she → report → daughter
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