The family of a 78-year-old Belleville man held his visitation and funeral last weekend as his 20-year-old grandson remains jailed on a first-degree murder charge.
Arthur L. Sheard was stabbed to death March 15 in his ranch home on Union Avenue, near The Edge entertainment complex. Belleville police and the St. Clair County state’s attorney’s office allege that his grandson, Armani E. Floyd, killed him.
Associate Circuit Judge Sara Rice ordered that a court psychologist evaluate Floyd’s “sanity.” She noted his admitted drug abuse and multiple mental health diagnoses, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder…