Woman charged in man’s death
A woman who told police she lured an 18-year-old Lynwood man to Gary so her boyfriend could kill him has been charged with murder, according to an affidavit unsealed recently.
Jazmin Jazell Garcia, 19, of Monticello, Indiana, was arrested by Chicago police on Jan. 17. A public defender was appointed Monday in Lake Superior Court. Her next court hearing is scheduled Tuesday.
Garcia was charged Jan. 8 in the July 1 death of Jacquice Baylock, 18, of Lynwood near 19th Avenue and Taney Drive, by the former Tolleston Middle School, now a Boys and Girls Club.
Garcia told police her boyfriend was “jealous” of her relationship with Baylock and talked about killing him several times in the past, charges allege.
Her boyfriend threatened her if she didn’t bring Baylock to Gary, the affidavit states.
Court records implicate four men in Baylock’s slaying, although there are only public charges filed for two, Jason Hinton, 25, and LeQuan Tolliver, 19, both of Chicago Heights.
The boyfriend has not yet been charged, according to public records.
On July 1, the boyfriend ordered her to lure Baylock out and take him to a picked out spot in Gary from Lynwood or she would “die in that car with him,” charges allege.
He gave her a stolen gray Impala and told her to text Baylock to lure him outside, the affidavit stated. The boyfriend, Tolliver, Hinton and other man followed in another stolen black car.
Baylock had about $2,000 on him, the affidavit stated.
When they arrived in Gary, another man, later identified as Steven Rice, 30, had been shot and police were nearby in the unrelated incident, charges allege.
The boyfriend and another man walked up and shot Baylock multiple times, documents state.
They pulled the woman into their car during the shooting, charges allege.
Baylock tried to run and was dropping cash during the shooting, records state. The men hadn’t planned to rob him, but took the money and split it between themselves, documents show.
They took off on Interstate 80-94 back to Illinois.
The men were “laughing” about the murder on the way back and the woman told police she pretended not to care, because she was scared for her life, documents said.
Baylock was shot around 6:40 p.m., charges show.
He was pronounced dead around 7:11 p.m. at Methodist Hospitals Northlake in Gary.
Garcia and her boyfriend had been together for 4 or 5 years and had two children together, but she had been recently interested in Baylock, eventually admitting to police they were “thirsty” to talk and be with one another, records show.