“(a) ‘Armed with a dangerous weapon’. A person is considered armed with a dangerous weapon for purposes of this Article when he or she carries on or about his or her person or is otherwise armed wit a category I, or category II weapon. (b) A category I weapon is a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, spring gun, or any other firearm, sawed-off shotgun, a stun gun or taser as defined in paragraph (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code, knife with a blade of at least 3 inches in length, dagger, dirk, switchblade knife, stiletto, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon or instrument of like character. (c) A category II weapon is a bludgeon, blackjack, slungshot, sand-bag sandclub, metal knuckles, billy or other dangerous weapon of like character. (Emphasis added.)(720 ILCS 5/33A-1 (West 1994)).
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=il&vol=app/2001/3990309&invol=3
Hudson said Wednesday that preliminary findings from a military autopsy indicate that the slain Marine’s fetus had not been born alive.
Laurean could face a murder charge involving the fetus, if it had been born alive before Lauterbach died.
The military is conducting further tests on a lung tissue sample to determine whether the fetus’ lungs contained oxygen, he said. If oxygen is found, it would mean that the baby took a breath and that would establish life.
The military asked to conduct a second autopsy on Lauterbach following a state-performed autopsy.
Lauterbach’s family gave its approval for the Marine autopsy, which was completed Tuesday, Hudson said.
Hudson also said the military autopsy involved some procedures not done by the state, including reconstruction of Lauterbach’s skull. The state autopsy indicated that Lauterbach died from a blow to the head, contradicting a note Laurean left his wife saying that Lauterbach slit her throat during an argument.
Additional tests are being conducted to determine if Laurean was the fetus’ father, Hudson said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/24/missing.marine/?iref=hpmostpop