UPDATE: Springfield woman pleads guilty to lesser charges in 2024 stabbing death

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Julie Marshall Photo: Sangamon County

UPDATED 6/17/26

Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – A Springfield woman has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a 2024 murder.

Court records indicate Julie Marshall. 43. pleaded guilty to charges of Second Degree Murder. She had faced First-Degree Murder counts.

Marshall stabbed 23-year-old Michael Gristy in the neck in June of 2024 while in East North Grand Avenue. Gristy was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Marshall was, according to reports, Gristy’s mother.

Marshall could face up to 20 years in prison when sentenced September 4.

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