On 18th Birthday Teen Charged With Neighbor's Murder Joins Older Brother in Adult Jail

JOLIET, IL — A teen locked up at a juvenile facility for allegedly beating his neighbor to death joined his older brother in the county jail on his 18th birthday.

Amari Morgan was transferred to the adult jail Friday.

Morgan and his brother, Blaique Morgan, 19, allegedly murdered their 62-year-old next-door neighbor, Robert Bielec, in January.

Bielec had just pulled into the driveway of his Houston Avenue home when the Morgan brothers walked up and confronted him about an “ongoing dispute,” Assistant State’s Attorney John Connor said during the teen’s bond hearing.

During the ensuing argument, Bielec made a sexual remark about the Morgans’ little sister, Connor said. Amari Morgan then swung a bat at Bielec’s head, killing him.

Bielec’s “skull was caved in,” Connor said.

Bielec’s female roommate reportedly heard the commotion outside her home. When she went to see what was going on, she found Bielec dead in the driveway.