Shevon Davis, 31, was stabbed to death during a robbery in the 1500 block of West 61st Street on Chicago's South Side on the evening of Sunday, March 31, 2019. She lived in the 5600 block of South Marshfield Avenue in West Englewood, about a mile away. The Chicago Police Department investigated, and Area South detectives were assigned to the case.
About 6:50 p.m., someone robbed her and stabbed her in the abdomen, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The Chicago Tribune reported that she had numerous stab wounds to the abdomen and that she was at first unidentified when police found her. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 7:12 p.m. An autopsy the next day confirmed she died of multiple stab wounds, and her death was ruled a homicide.
Police said they believed she had been robbed but offered no other information. They did not release a description of the attacker, say what was taken or say whether a vehicle was involved. No arrest was made, no reward tied to her case could be found, and no follow-up story about the investigation appears to have been published.
Her sister, Keshiana Marie Denton, started a GoFundMe fundraiser the day after the killing. "Unfortunately we didnt plan on losing any one and everybody knows she didnt deserve this," she wrote, describing Shevon as "my sister, loving mother of three" and a daughter. Twenty-six donors gave $2,000, meeting the goal. An online obituary for her was posted in April 2019. Her three children lost their mother when she was 31.
The 1500 block of West 61st Street lies at Laflin Street in West Englewood, a block east of Ashland Avenue, a major commercial street. At the end of March, the sun sets after 7 p.m., so the robbery happened in daylight or at dusk on a Sunday, when people were likely to be outside, driving through or sitting on porches. Someone may have seen the attacker, seen a person running from 61st Street or later been offered something that was taken from her.
Chicago recorded about 500 homicides in 2019, down from about 580 the year before. Chicago police reported clearing roughly half of the city's homicides that year, though that figure counts cases closed without charges. Stabbings and beatings drew far less attention than the shootings that dominated the city's headlines, and many of them were reported in a few lines and never mentioned again.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Shevon Davis could be found in news archives or public records. More than 7 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who saw Shevon Davis on 61st Street that Sunday evening, who saw someone running from the area, or who heard someone talk about the robbery afterward may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a car seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Chicago Police Department's anonymous tip line at (833) 408-0069 or submit a tip online at CPDTIP.com, or contact Cook County Crime Stoppers at (800) 535-STOP (7867).
