Judge Denies Pretrial Release for Woman Charged in Jacksonville Homicide

A Morgan County judge denied pretrial release for 23-year-old Marissa Teubner, ordering her detained in connection with the Feb. 14 shooting on the 800 block of West Chambers Street that left 31-year-old Marcquila Harris dead, court records show. Harris was taken to Jacksonville Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries and later pronounced dead.

Police first responded to reports of shots fired at the West Chambers Street address on Feb. 14 and located a woman suffering a gunshot wound, according to reporting from WCIA and Yahoo News. The next day, Teubner was arrested in connection with the shooting and brought to the Morgan County Jail, where she remains in custody on charges of homicide first degree and aggravated discharge of a firearm.

During a Tuesday court appearance, defense attorneys asked for Teubner’s pretrial release; the request was opposed and the court denied release, ordering Teubner detained, court records indicate. Teubner has been appointed a public defender and the case was continued to March 3 for a preliminary hearing. Court filings provided in reporting do not list a presiding judge, bond amount, or additional charges beyond those cited.

Reporting on the case uses the spelling Marissa Teubner in court records and local coverage. A separate video caption in the reporting bundle showed variant spellings - Marissa Tubner and Tudor - which appear to be transcription errors; official records and WCIA/Yahoo reporting identify her as Teubner. This incident is located in Jacksonville, Illinois, and should not be conflated with unrelated criminal matters reported out of Jacksonville, Florida in separate news feeds.

Key factual elements remain unreported in available court excerpts: the arrest affidavit, prosecutor filings, the name of the presiding judge at the Tuesday hearing, and any coroner confirmation beyond the hospital pronouncement cited in reporting. The charge sheet listed in local coverage records the counts as homicide first degree and aggravated discharge of a firearm; no additional counts or bond conditions were disclosed in the materials provided.

Teubner remains in custody at the Morgan County Jail pending the preliminary hearing set for March 3, and the case file will proceed through the Morgan County court process as prosecutors and defense counsel prepare for that hearing.