DUQUOIN, Ill. (WSIL) -- A suspect was taken into custody in connection to a homicide investigation on Monday in southern Illinois.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said in the early evening hours on September 1, they recieved information about a possible homicide. The information received by the sheriff's office also included a suspect vehicle.

Hours later, at around 9 p.m., a Christopher Police officer saw this suspected vehicle at around Illinois HIghway 14 and Highway 148. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the Christopher officer, along with deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, followed the vehicle and pulled them over in the 9000 block of Birch Road in the rural part of Du Quoin.

At this time, other agencies, including personnel from the Du Quoin Police

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