(Michigan City, IN) - A man is accused of murdering his aunt in Michigan City.

 

30 year old Alontae Hood of Chicago is scheduled to be arraigned today in LaPorte Superior Court 1 before Judge Michael Bergerson. 

 

Police said 68 year old Doris Hull was stabbed and cut Sunday night at her home in the 300 block of N. Ashland Ave. in the city’s Eastport neighborhood.

 

Life saving efforts failed to revive the woman those injuries were to the chest and neck, police said.

 

Her nephew was charged within 24 hours after the court ruled sufficient evidence existed for Hood to be tried on the allegations, police said.

 

Hood could face anywhere from 45 to 65 years if convicted of the murder charge.

 

He’s being held in the LaPorte County Jail on $1 million cash only bond.