AREA MURDER SUSPECT CAPTURED

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A  southeastern Illinois man wanted for murder is now in custody. Reports indicate that 29 year old Jaquez Gardner of Woodlawn was arrested this week while leaving a hotel in O’Fallon in western Illinois. He was the subject of a Jefferson County warrant for First Degree Murder and Being an Armed Habitual Offender accusing him of shooting and killing a 34 year old man at a Mt Vernon Illinois bar Sunday. Gardner was being held on $3 million bond.