Cairo man pleads guilty to woman's beating death

Thursday, January 7, 2016

CAIRO, Ill. -- Christopher H. Simpkins, 44, of Cairo pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree murder Wednesday in Alexander County Circuit Court for the beating death of a woman in her apartment.

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