Overview
- Police say the 55-year-old victim, Vanessa Hernandez, was found with multiple stab wounds inside a home on the 2800 block of North Woodard Street.
- Investigators report a physical altercation preceded the attack, and a knife was recovered from a rear porch area.
- Officers arrested 25-year-old Victor Hernandez roughly two hours later in the 2200 block of South Lake Shore Drive.
- He faces two counts of murder after being taken into custody; the Cook County Medical Examiner lists the Woodard Street address as the victim’s home.
- Initial accounts say he lived at the same address and may be the victim’s son, a detail expected to be clarified in court.