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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Custody feud results in double stabbing, domestic violence

Two Madison sisters were stabbed by a Chicago man Wednesday night, according to police.

Madison Police arrived on the 500 block of Northport Drive Wednesday around 11:40 p.m. to find two women with stab wounds, one 25 years old and the other 26 years old.

""[The victim] and her 26-year-old sister were both punched and stabbed after trying to get the suspect to leave the victims' Northport Drive apartment,"" Madison police spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

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The 25-year-old victim was hospitalized with a collapsed lung and a skull fracture, police said. The 26-year-old sister received staples for her stab wounds. She had two stab wounds to her head and one to her arm.

The 25-year old woman's condition is unknown.

The police found the suspect who was in the area and took him into custody.

The suspect, Darius Green, of Chicago, was arrested on felony charges of first-degree reckless endangerment and bail jumping. The double stabbing is the result of domestic violence, DeSpain said.

The stabbing stemmed from an ongoing custody battle between the 26-year-old Chicago man and the 25-year old victim.

There investigation is still ongoing, police said

 

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