MOLINE, Ill — A 20-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 53-year-old man from Moline.
Police in Moline were responding to the 400 block of 17th Avenue before 11 p.m. Tuesday, November 17 when they found 20-year-old Xavier Camper "covered in blood," according to Detective Jon Leach.
In a home on 17th Avenue police found 53-year-old Kerry A. Dyer. He was injured and officers attempted to provide first aid, said Detective Leach. Dyer was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy on Wednesday showed that he died from multiple stab wounds.
Camper was charged with first-degree murder and is being held in the Rock Island County Jail on $1 million bond.
Police worked overnight gathering information. They say there is no threat to public safety and there are no other suspects at this time.
If you have any information, you're asked to call the Moline Police Department at 309-524-2140 or CrimeStoppers of the Quad Cities at 309-762-9500.