October 2024 murder suspect now in SBPD custody

Delvaughn Moore

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Bend Police Department announced 26-year-old Delvaughn Moore is now in custody at the St. Joseph County Jail for the October 2024 murder of 42-year-old Joyce Montague, of South Bend.

Police say Moore was arrested in February in Illinois for unrelated felony charges.

The Illinois Department of Corrections released Moore to St. Joseph County this week for his local murder warrant, which was issued on Jan. 1 by the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office.

Moore was identified as a suspect following an investigation by SBPD's Violent Crimes Unit into the homicide of Montague at Miami Hills Apartments on Oct. 22, 2024.

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