Crime & Safety
Boyfriend Charged With Murder in Fatal Stabbing of Teen
The body of Moorea Desroches, who is from the St. Charles area, was found in a closet in DeKalb Sunday night.
Photo caption: Michael Kulpin of DeKalb is charged with the murder of Moorea Desroches, 19, of the St. Charles area.
DEKALB, Ill. - A 19-year-old woman was killed over the weekend after her boyfriend beat and stabbed her and then hid her body in a bedroom closet of an apartment in DeKalb, police said Monday.
Michael Kulpin, 20, of DeKalb, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Moorea Desroches, who police say is from the St. Charles area. Bond has been set at $2 million for Kulpin, who is also charged with aggravated domestic battery and concealment of a homicidal death.
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Dekalb Police Department officers conducted a well-being check on Desroches on Sunday after her mother called because she was worried about her daughter who had missed two days of work, according to a DeKalb Police Department news release. Desroches’ mother also told police she had not been able to get ahold of her daughter.
Officers went to Moorea’s apartment at 906 Kimberly Drive in DeKalb where they found Kulpin and two other individuals. While checking the apartment, officers found Moorea dead in a bedroom closet at about 10:30 p.m.
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During their investigation, officers learned Kulpin and Moorea, who were dating, got into a verbal argument late Friday night. The argument continued into the early morning hours of Saturday. The verbal argument turned physical when Kulpin battered Moorea, police said. He continued to batter Moorea and stabbed her several times, and she died as a result of her injuries, according to police.
Kulpin then attempted to conceal her death by covering her body with items from the apartment, according to the news release.
Police searched the apartment and turned up several items of “evidentiary value” from inside the apartment as well as a near a Dumpster.
Kulpin has been arrested and will be incarcerated at the DeKalb County Jail. The other two individuals that were with Kulpin were not charged with any crimes and are not suspected in the murder of Desroches.
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