CHATHAM — Shavon Gayden proclaimed “y’all all gotta die” as she was ordered detained in last week’s fatal stabbing of a 7-year-old girl after attorneys noted extensive histories of prior stabbing attempts and mental health breakdowns. Gayden, 48, is charged with first-degree murder after surveillance footage backed up witness accounts that she repeatedly stabbed Eddimar Hernández Chacón around 11:55 a.m on Oct. 3, according to Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Mike Pekara. Pekara said Gayden killed Eddimar in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue after she was trigger
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