Illinois parole board members resign after releasing man who stabbed 11-year-old to death in less than 24 hours

A board member and chair of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board resigned after freeing a man who went on to fatally stab his ex-girlfriend’s 11-year-old son less than 24 hours after he was released.

According to CBS 2, board chair Donald Shelton and board member LeAnn Miller resigned Monday following the March 13 murder of Jayden Perkins, who was stabbed in the chest allegedly by the recently released prisoner.

Crosetti Brand (37) allegedly ambushed Perkins and his pregnant mother, Laterria Smith, who was his ex-girlfriend, at their home after he was granted parole from the Stateville Correctional Center.

Smith (33) was stabbed in the neck during the attack but survived.

Brand had been serving 16 years for home invasion and aggravated assault.

The outlet reported that a Cook County judge had scheduled a hearing about a protection order for the family for March 13, but Brand was approved for parole on March 12 and allegedly attacked Smith and her son hours before the hearing was supposed to occur.

The Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board claimed they were unaware of the protection order but emails obtained by the outlet showed that the Department of Corrections knew about the hearing as early as Feb. 22.

Brand was briefly paroled in October but then “threatened” a female via text, according to law enforcement.

Brand is now facing a charge of murder in addition to multiple other felonies including violating a protection order.