COOK COUNTY, Ill. - An Orland Park man has been charged with attempted murder and home invasion after attacking two women in an unincorporated Lyons Township building, the Cook County Sheriff's Office announced.

Charges are expected to be upgraded to murder after one of the victims died from her injuries.

What we know:

On Aug 11, an officer responded to a domestic violence report at an apartment building in the 6400 block of Joliet Road around 5:30 p.m.

Juan Carlos Perez-Abarca, 35, was found in the second-floor apartment holding a 48-year-old woman at knifepoint on the floor, authorities said.

According to the sheriff's office, a 16-year-old female victim was lying motionless on the floor next to him. After the officer ordered Perez-Abarca to release the woman, he briefly put the k

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