UPDATE: 12:10 P.M.
Peoria Police confirm Tahir Goodman, 28, has been arrested in connection with the case, and is being charged with one count of First-Degree Murder, and two counts of Aggravated Arson. Goodman is jailed pending a bond hearing.
UPDATE: Thursday, Dec. 2nd, 10:21 A.M.
Peoria, Ill — The woman who died in a fire in Peoria’s East Bluff early Wednesday morning was already deceased when the fire started, according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood.
Firefighters found the body of 24-year-old J’Naysia Hobbs inside the home at 1021 E. Virginia shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday while responding to a working house fire.
“The strangulation, we know, based on our autopsy findings, was by another person. The case remains under investigation by the Peoria Police,” Harwood said.
Hobbs was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:33 a.m, according to the coroner.
The Coroner’s Office had to used dental records to make a positive I.D. on Hobbs since her body was so badly burned in the fire.
Hobbs body was reportedly found in the room where the fire started.
UPDATED 4:03 P.M.
PEORIA, Ill — Authorities are releasing the identity of a person found dead inside a burned out house this week.
It happened early Wednesday in Peoria’s East Bluff neighborhood.
A body found at the scene belonged to J’Naysia Hobbs, 24.
Coroners used dental records to make the positive I.D.
Crews got the call shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday and found flames engulfing the home with smoke reportedly pouring out of a first-floor window.
When firefighters made entry to search the home, they found Hobbs body inside, reportedly in the room where the fire started.
Investigators say it’s still unclear what caused the blaze.
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PEORIA, Ill. — A fire in Peoria’s East Bluff neighborhood has claimed a life.
Emergency crews were called to the 1200 block of E. Virginia just after 5 a.m. Wednesday. They found a home in flames, and someone deceased in the room where the fire started.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said the body was severely burned.
“We’re currently waiting for a comparison of dental records. The person was unfortunately burned badly enough that we couldn’t make an initial identification,” Harwood said.
Harwood said once the autopsy is complete, a cause of death and the person’s identity will be released.
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