The facts surrounding the deadly stabbing of an Urbana man on Thursday are still being looked into by police.
Duane Northrup, the coroner for Champaign County, identified the deceased as 51-year-old Robert J. Cavette on Friday. The chest stab wound caused him to pass away.
city police Just after 11 a.m. on Thursday, according to Lt. Mike Cervantes, police were summoned to an apartment in the 1000 block of South Smith Road where they discovered Mr. Cavette had been fatally injured.
He was declared dead at the emergency room of Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana at 11:51 a.m. despite their best efforts to save him.
Investigations are ongoing.