Woman charged with murder after forcing boyfriend to drink bleach

Yasmine Elder, 24.


Yasmine Elder, 24. (Chicago Police Dept. )
Wednesday, March 08, 2017 09:37PM
CHICAGO -- A Chicago woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend who police say she forced to drink bleach during a fight.

Chicago police said 24-year-old Yasmine Elder was charged Wednesday in the death of 26-year-old Darrius Ellis.

Police say Elder and Ellis were fighting Monday in a parked van when Elder overpowered the man and forced him to drink bleach. Ellis was found by police lying on the ground and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.


Darius Ellis (Courtesy of sister)


Cook County medical examiner's office spokeswoman Becky Schlikerman says an autopsy Tuesday determined his death was a homicide caused by ingestion of bleach.

Elder is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing Thursday. It wasn't immediately known if she has an attorney.

http://abc7chicago.com/home/woman-charged-with-murder-after-forcing-man-to-drink-bleach/1791657/

 

I hope he fought for his life...Sounds like he did... R I. P to him..
Make her drink bleach at her execution. PO.S.

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COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — The woman who fatally poisoned her boyfriend by force-feeding him bleach laughed when she heard the man might die, prosecutors said Thursday.

Yasmine Elder, 24, had been dating Darius Ellis, 26, for about a month when she picked him up from work in a minivan about 12:30 a.m. Monday, Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Carlson said during a bond hearing Thursday.


The couple got into an argument while sitting in the van, prosecutors said, and things soon turned physical.

Elder, who weighed 77 pounds more than Ellis, climbed on top of the man, pinned him down with her knee and held his dreadlocks to keep him in place, Carlson said.

According to authorities, Elder is 5-foot-3 and weighs 207 pounds. Ellis was 5-foot-7 and weighed 130 pounds.

Elder is accused of grabbing a bottle of bleach that was inside the van and dousing Ellis with the caustic liquid, causing bleach to go down his throat. Elder than left the van, prosecutors said, as Ellis could be heard yelling that he couldn't breathe.

Ellis drove the van to a friend's house, where he collapsed and began foaming at the mouth shortly after naming Elder as his attacker in front of multiple witnesses, Carlson said.

Witnesses called 911.

Ellis was rushed to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:26 a.m. Monday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. The cause of death was "complications from forcible administration of a caustic substance."

When a witness confronted Elder that morning and explained that Ellis might die from his injuries, Elder laughed, prosecutors alleged.

An autopsy revealed Ellis had rounded abrasions to his neck, cheeks and back that were consistent with fingernail marks. He had bruises and cuts on his cheek, head and back.

Damage to Ellis' esophagus and stomach were consistent with chemical burns, Carlson said. And Ellis' stomach contents had a pH level of 12-13; a normal human stomach should have a pH of 5 or 6.

Elder, of the 6400 block of South Paulina Street, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder. According to authorities, she had what appeared to be a bleach burn on her hand.

Cook County Judge Donald Panarese Jr. on Thursday set bail at $1 million.

Elder previously worked in a bakery and lives with her grandmother, great-grandmother and two uncles, Elder's public defender said in court.
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Only if he pushed her away or restrained her he'd still be alive.

 

Then you haven't been listening.
The one caveat that has repeatedly been stressed in the discussions here, is that when it comes down to fighting for your life..you fight for your life.

 

Im sure you are joking here, but from a legal perspective, you are well within your rights to use whatever force necessary to save your life when the situation becomes life threatening. But even then it must be provable that it was truly life threatening and that no other alternatives were available to escape or leave the scene. Unfair I know, but thats the law. A better idea is to not date women who see fit to become physically violent and homicidal as a result of a verbal argument...

 

Agree here on your gist...

But @ bolded part..that's difficult to assess.
Many behave so sweet at the beginning and never reveal the monster inside until that moment.

In this poor man's case, he only had been dating her for a month.
Imagine if that was his first spat with her?
Maybe he was noticing her becoming controlling or was the jealous type and tried to break up with her.
Honestly, it's hard to decipher the lunatics from the genuine sweethearts, especially for women because it often ends up costing us our lives as well as our children's.

 

Agree for the most part, most people are killed by someone they know. "Between 2005 and 2010, 60 percent of all violent injuries in this country were inflicted by loved ones or acquaintances. And 60 percent of the time those victimizations happened in the home." Disagree slightly with the difficult to assess part, while it's true that there are some homicidal maniacs out there who are very skilled in hiding who they truly are, in my experience there are usually signs that the person you are dealing with just might be unstable before anything serious happens. All the more reason to take things very slow when first meeting someone, and stay away from "hook-up" culture, imo.

 

True, people do drop hints, but like in this case, in one month it would be difficult to assess unless he was given the heads up not to mess with her.
Its really a tragic irony that those who are supposed to love and protect us from harm, hurt or kill us.( both sexes)
Nothing is more betraying than that.
Any time l read a "domestic" homicide, l file it away because frankly, there is an unspotlighted war on women (in particular) that unfortunately the vagina-hat wearing naasty women marching are either clueless about or choose to ignore at the pulpit.
Far too many women and young ladies in particular end up with controlling boyfriends who are taught that his over attentiveness is a sign he reaaly likes you!

We could discuss the psychology on that for pages but l think you and l are in agreement on the occurance stat and the need to be cautious in New relationships.

 

What a painful way to die. So very sad. RIP sir.

 

I agree. Its one reason I totally agree when one person leaves a person who intentionally hits them. Too many people getting hurt/killed by physically abusive significant others.