Chicago crime: Dion Wallace speaks out after son killed in Logan Square stabbing, fire; Wendy Tolbert charged after 3 kids stabbed
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CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago father is speaking out after a tragedy ripped his family apart.

Dion Wallace expressed disbelief over his ex-wife being accused of a deadly stabbing and arson in Logan Square last week, which resulted in the death of his 4-year-old son and injured his other children.

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“He made me, he made me feel like I had something to add to his life,” Wallace said.

Emotional and struggling to find words, Wallace spoke about his 4-year-old son, Jordan Wallace, whom authorities claim was fatally stabbed by his mother, Wendy Tolbert, on Independence Day.

“But I knew God was shining on me, and I knew that he was special,” Wallace said. “I felt he was special from the start.”

According to investigators, after allegedly stabbing her young son over 30 times at their home on the 3600 block of West Palmer Street, Tolbert then reportedly turned on the boy’s 10-year-old brother and 13-year-old sister.

Prosecutors said she told police she believed they were all possessed by the devil. She then allegedly set the Logan Square home they shared on fire.

“Because he said that if I’ve been there, it wouldn’t have happened because you’re stronger than her,” Wallace said.

The 45-year-old mother has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, arson and other felonies for the holiday attack.

According the court-ordered health report, Tolbert suffers from schizophrenia and cancer, something Wallace, who recently divorced Tolbert after eight years of marriage, says neither he or the kids knew anything about.

Wallace said although he no longer lived with the children and their mother, he did visit when he could.

“She never said anything to me,” Wallace said. “She never said that she was struggling with her thoughts or anything. I would have, but I can’t say I seen anything out of the ordinary at all.”

Since the attack, Wallace has grappled with the weight of loss and grief while trying to support the surviving children who continuing to recover. Family and friends are trying to raise money to help cover burial and other expenses.

Meanwhile, as the 50-year-old father makes for his boy, he says he doesn’t hate his ex-wife for what she allegedly did and hopes the tragedy will cause people to be more emphatic toward people with mental illnesses.

“This life has a lot of pain. It has a lot of love,” Wallace said. “I’m going through pain so now I have to show how much I can give, and I just hope that everybody show their people love in case something happens if they can’t see.”

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