EAST PEORIA — A woman who was dating the father of 4-year-old Tate Thurman who died under suspicious circumstances has been arrested on a murder charge. According to East Peoria police, Lesli A. Jett, 33, was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Creve Coeur at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. An official at the Tazewell County Jail said Jett was booked into the facility on one count of first-degree murder. She is being held without bond and will appear before a judge Thursday afternoon. Thurman was declared brain dead last week after being rushed from his East Peoria home last week by paramedics amid unusual circumstances...
