Jalonie Jenkins

The Streamwood man charged with first-degree murder in the deaths last week of his two younger sisters will be held at Cook County jail while his case is pending.

A Cook County judge ordered Jalonie Jenkins, 25, into custody during a detention hearing Friday at the Rolling Meadows courthouse.

Police arrested Jenkins in Downers Grove Sunday, following a four-day manhunt launched after his sisters were found stabbed to death May 28.

He is charged with killing 21-year-old Janiya Jenkins, a nursing student, and 10-year-old Eyani Jones, who attended Parkwood Elementary School in Hanover Park.

Officers discovered their bodies about 7:50 p.m. May 28, in their home on the 1600 block of McKool Avenue, after a younger brother knocked on a neighbor’s door and the neighbor alerted

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