CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS (NewsFirst) — On February 21, 2024 at 12:07 a.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the 900 block of East Park Street for a report of a battery in progress.
Officers found a victim with multiple stab wounds and began rendering aid. The victim was transported to the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and was treated for serious injuries. Officers learned that the suspect, Cody W. Simon, 21 of Carbondale, stabbed the victim during a personal dispute and left the area prior to officers arriving.
At 11:13 a.m., detectives located Simon at a residence in the 700 block of South Wall Street and arrested him without incident. Simon is charged with Attempted Murder and Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon. Simon was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail. The investigation into the incident remains active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121.
You may also call the Carbondale/SIU Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at (618) 687-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab on this website’s main page.
Please help yourself and your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime. Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously.
Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.
