Charges filed in fatal stabbing of pregnant woman, apartment fire in Downers Grove

A man was charged after a pregnant woman was stabbed and died in an apartment fire on Monday evening.

Downers Grove police announced on Tuesday that 19-year-old Nedas Revuckas of Westmont, Illinois, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder with intent to cause death or great bodily harm, armed robbery, aggravated arson, intentional homicide of an unborn child, and aggravated cruelty to animals.

Police said officers and the Downers Grove Fire Department responded to a fire at an apartment building in the 2300 block of Ogden Avenue just after 6 p.m. on Monday…

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