ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO CHARGES FOR KIDNAPPING AND FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY
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March 12, 2025
March 12, 2025
DUPO – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 special agents led an investigation resulting in charges against 39-year-old Kaylon T. List of Dupo, IL for First Degree Murder (Class M Felony), Aggravated Kidnapping/Inflicting Harm (Class X Felony), Kidnapping (Class 2 Felony), Concealing a Homicidal Death (Class 3 Felony), Aggravated Unlawful Restraint (Class 3 Felony), and Unlawful Restraint (Class 4 Felony).
On June 23, 2021, the Dupo Police Department requested ISP’s assistance with locating a missing person, Eric Grindstaff. ISP and Dupo officers responded to List’s residence at the 4000 block of Elm St. in Dupo. While at the residence, officers observed a suspicious vehicle partially hidden near List’s home. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed human remains, later identified as Eric Grindstaff. ISP and Dupo officers executed a search warrant at List’s residence. During the search at the residence, weapons were recovered.
On March 3, 2025, the St. Clair County State’s Attorney Office filed the six charges against List.
List is currently being held at the Yankton Prison in South Dakota on the federal weapons charge and is awaiting extradition back to St. Clair County for ISP’s charges. No further information is available.
The charges are not evidence against the defendant, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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