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Waterloo man charged with fatal Red Bud stabbing

Kodi A. Lafore
Kodi A. Lafore

A Waterloo man was charged Monday with the fatal stabbing of a Red Bud man.

Kodi A. Lafore, 22, was taken into custody early Sunday morning by the Waterloo Police Department after allegedly stabbing Adam J. Sesto to death late Saturday night.

Sesto, 36, was taken to Red Bud Regional Hospital with a stab wound Saturday night, according to a Randolph County Sheriff’s Department news release. He died at the hospital.

Lafore was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter/reckless homicide, and was being held Monday at the Randolph County Jail on $50,000 bail.

Involuntary manslaughter, a Class 3 felony, is punishable by two to five years in prison.

This story was originally published January 8, 2018 at 6:13 PM with the headline "Waterloo man charged with fatal Red Bud stabbing."

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