Bloomington police arrest 3 in connection to homicide

Three Bloomington residents were arrested Tuesday morning after the Bloomington Police Department found a Bloomington man stabbed to death.\nJodie L. Reeves faces preliminary charges of murder and obstruction of justice. Jennifer Hardiman faces preliminary charges of assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice. Roger A. Edwards faces preliminary charges of theft and possession of marijuana.\nThe investigation began Monday, where Gene A. Davis, 44, was found near West 10th and West Cottage Grove Streets. Davis had several stab wounds to the chest and abdomen and knife wounds to the throat and neck.\nAccording to a BPD press release, investigators believe the accident occurred between about 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Monday. Information was received about those who were last known to be with Davis before his body was found.\nAfter interviewing those individuals along with Reeves and Hardiman, investigators learned that Reeves stabbed Davis in a van and then chased him down 10th street, according to the press release. The stabbing was the result of a verbal and physical altercation over crack cocaine. \nAfter the stabbing, Reeves and Hardiman went to Reeves’s boyfriend, Roger Edward’s residence and began burning their clothes in a woodstove, according to the release.\nBPD detectives went to Edwards residence to locate Reeves. Edwards informed the detectives of his suspicions due to blood being found in the van Reeves drove, according to the release. He told officers that Reeves told him she cut hand, but that did not correspond with the amount of blood in the van.\nEdwards allowed BPD to seize bloody towels that were used to clean the van, according to the release. BPD secured a search warrant for Edward’s residence and seized a small amount of marijuana and the alleged knife used in the incident. Additional evidence was obtained from the ashes in the woodstove, according to the release.\nEdwards was questioned further and said he took Reeves to get medical attention for the knife wound on her hand, according to the release. He told detectives he stole a syringe with Novocain while at the medical facility, according to the release.\nThe case remains under investigation. Anyone with information that might assist with this investigation is asked to contact Detective Rich Hunter at 812-349-3322 or Captain Joe Qualters at 812-349-3317.