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Woman charged with killing fellow panhandler for stake in turf war

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Mary Normand was ordered held without bail on a count of first-degree murder by Judge Maryam Ahmad.
Mary Normand was ordered by Judge Maryam Ahmad to be held without bail on first-degree murder charges. Illinois State Police
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A woman killed a fellow panhandler while fighting over lawn along a highway in Chicago } last week Friday.

Mary Normand, 26, and Hernandez, 47, had an "ongoing problem" with begging at the exit ramp of the south-facing Edens Expressway on Wilson Avenue, Assistant State Attorney Danny Hanichuk said while out on bail Monday afternoon.

2:45 PM. On Friday, Normand accused Hernandez of begging for her in her own estate. The disagreement soon became physical. 

Normand repeatedly hit Hernandez with her three-foot-long metal stake and pushed her moving box under her truck, Hanichuk said.

After Hernandez was run over by a truck, Normand cried out for help and continued to hit him with stakes as he tried to defend himself with his hands.

Hernandez was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Cook County coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Both Mary Normand and Eriberto Hernandez had "ongoing issues" about panhandling on the southbound Edens Expressway exit ramp.
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Despite begging in the same area as Hernandez, Normand is not homeless, said assistant public defender Jennifer Hodel. Ms. Normand lives with her fiancé, who has been working for a real estate company for the past three years, Hodel said. 

Normand fled the scene but nearly five hours later he returned and was arrested according to Fox 5.

Normand } First-degree murder by Judge Maryam Ahmad .