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A Wilmington Police investigation into an April 2018 murder has resulted in a conviction.
 
The Delaware Department of Justice, on Friday, announced the following:
 
A Wilmington man who stabbed his mother, 1-year-old niece, the child’s mother, and fatally stabbed another man, was found guilty but mentally ill on numerous charges. In a bench trial, a Superior Court judge convicted 34-year-old Chaon Calhoun of Murder First Degree, Attempted Murder First Degree, 2 counts of Assault First Degree, 4 counts of Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, and 1 count of Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited.
 
In April 2018, Calhoun was in his mother's home in the 2100 block of North Washington Street in Wilmington, where his brother’s girlfriend and daughter also resided. As Calhoun tried to force his way in to the child's bedroom, he began to stab Andrew Moore, 24, a friend who was visiting.  He also stabbed the child multiple times in the head while she was in her mother’s arms.  The child’s mother also suffered stab wounds to her hand. Moore and Calhoun's mother were able to intervene but not before Calhoun stabbed his mother in the head, and Moore was fatally stabbed in the neck and arm. Deputy Attorneys General Periann Doko and Jillian Schroeder prosecuted the case with assistance from social worker Jennifer Kutney, paralegal Stacey Coupe, and chief investigator John Ciritella.  The investigation was led by Sgt. Robert Fox of the Wilmington Police Department.