Young suburban woman charged with murder of 16-year-old mother in the Loop

An Oak Lawn woman faces a first-degree murder charge related to the fatal stabbing a 16-year-old mother in the Loop earlier this week.

Authorities on Friday charged Egypt Otis, 18, in the slaying of Heaven Taylor three days prior and she was expected to appear before a Cook County judge for a detention hearing Saturday, according to Chicago police.

Police did not say what sparked the killing.

Taylor, a sophomore at UCAN Academy South and the mother of a young son, was stabbed about 11:30 p.m. on the first block of West Van Buren Street, just north of the Harold Washington Library, police said

Colleen Collins, principal of UCAN Academy, said Taylor had a “$1 million smile” and a big personality.

The teen’s death was the fifth Loop homicide this year, according to police.