Gary D. Lee, 30, of Carbondale was indicted Friday by a Jackson County grand jury on charges of first-degree murder, theft of property over $10,000, robbery and residential burglary.

The grand jury found probable cause to bind Lee, accused of the Jan. 16 stabbing death of SIUC alumna and Unity Point Elementary School teacher Ellen Drake, and he remains in the Jackson County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Lee faces the death penalty if he is convicted of the murder charges.

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