ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A Rockford woman charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 37-year-old man earlier this week has been granted pretrial release.

Twenty-year-old Varianna Parsons was released from the Winnebago County Jail Wednesday night, after a detention hearing in front of Judge Heidi Augustsson.

According to court records, while on pretrial release, Parsons is not to have any contact with her co-defendant, 24-year-old Shawn Bunton Jr., and various other people.

Bunton and Parsons are both charged with first-degree murder and obstruction of justice.

Charges against the pair came after a witness called 911 in the early hours of Oct. 7 and said she heard what she described as "a hollow pipe hitting something." The witness told police she also heard a male and

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