Family Starts Fundraiser After Pregnant 22-Year-Old Decapitated In Illinois

ALTON, IL — The family of a 22-year-old woman who was decapitated last week has started a fundraiser in the wake of her death.

Liese Dodd was pregnant and due to give birth next month, but her life was cut short when she was killed and dismembered by Deundrea S. Holloway, her on-and-off boyfriend of two years, according to police.

“Liese was taken from us unexpectedly and too soon,” said a gofundme page started Wednesday by her family.

Her body was discovered by her mother in Dodd’s home in downstate Alton, police said. Holloway was taken into custody about 30 miles northeast in Gillespie on the same day Dodd’s body was reported, but in connection with a bicycle theft, according to police.

Holloway, 22, of Litchfield, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child, dismembering a human body, concealment of a homicide and vehicle-related offenses, police said.

Just four hours after the gofundme page was created Wednesday, it had already raised more than $2,500. Any donations not used for expenses related to Dodd's death will go to animal shelters and resources for victims of domestic violence.