Streamwood stabbing suspect Jalonie Jenkins arrested in Downers Grove, Illinois, police say
The suspect in a Streamwood stabbing that killed two sisters was arrested Sunday night in Downers Grove, police said.
Police had been looking for 25-year-old Jalonie Jenkins since last Thursday, after the bodies of 21-year-old Janiya Jenkins and 10-year-old Eyani Jones were found in a home in the 1600 block of McKool Avenue last Wednesday night.
Police confirmed Jenkins had been taken into custody late Sunday night on Belmont and Maple in Downers Grove but did not offer any further details. Formal charges have not yet been filed.
The brutal attack happened in the presence of other children, officials said. A neighbor, whose daughter was a close friend of Jones, said her daughter was on the phone with the victims when she heard a commotion from inside the home. She said the last thing her daughter heard was Janiya Jenkins saying, "Don't kill the kids."
The neighbor said shortly after, two other kids who were inside the home came over to say their two sisters were dead.
As a memorial grows for the sisters, Jalynn Perez pains to look out her window and see it because she heard the commotion.
"Every time I look out the window, I just look at the house, and I just remember, and I just think, like, what was going through the people in the house. Just like, the situation in the house. It hurts my stomach," she said.
Police have not specified Jalonie Jenkins' relationship to the victims, but did say they believed it was an isolated incident. They located his care in Bensenville, Illinois, and had been searching for him since.
Streamwood police say if and when charges are filed, that will be in Cook County.
