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A man has been charged with sexually assaulting and stabbing a 19-year-old woman at her home in west suburban Sleepy Hollow, stabbing her younger brother when he tried to protect her, and then trying to force a neighbor to help him get away on Monday afternoon.
Fabian Javier Torres, 32, has been charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two counts of attempted murder, seven counts of home invasion, two counts of attempted aggravated kidnapping, four counts of aggravated battery, three counts of aggravated unlawful restraint, and two counts of armed violence. He was ordered held without bail Thursday morning.
“The facts in this case are horrific. This is one of the most violent cases we have charged in my years as the state’s attorney of Kane County,” Kane County State’s Attorney Joseph McMahon said.
Around 12:35 p.m. Monday, Torres was caught on home surveillance video as he entered a house on the 900 block of Saratoga Parkway through an open front door, according to McMahon. Torres was armed with a knife, and carrying a black bag filled with rope, duct tape, pepper spray, bear repellent, and “multiple items of a sexual nature.”
Once inside, Torres allegedly confronted a 19-year-old woman and her 17-year-old brother, ordering the woman at knifepoint to remove her clothing, and her brother to leave the room.
“As Torres sexually assaulted the female victim, she attempted to fight and take the knife from him, and a struggle began” McMahon said. “During that struggle, Torres stabbed the female victim, causing severe lacerations to her hands and other parts of her body.”
McMahon said the woman’s brother “valiantly came to her aid and defense,” but Torres stabbed him several times in his face, head, and chest.
“He saved their lives, I’m sure, both of them,” McMahon said of the 17-year-old victim.
Both victims eventually escaped and fled the home.
Meantime, Torres left the house and entered a neighbor’s home, where he grabbed a woman and demanded she drive him away from the area. That woman was able to get away, and Torres fled the scene.
Fabian Javier Torres Charged With Sleepy Hollow Home Invasion, Stabbings, Sexual Assault
A man has been charged with sexually assaulting and stabbing a 19-year-old woman at her home in west suburban Sleepy Hollow, stabbing her younger brother when he tried to protect her, and then trying to force a neighbor to help him get away on Monday afternoon.
chicago.cbslocal.com