Two women found stabbed to death in burning building in Chatham
BY MICHAEL LANSU Staff Reporter February 20, 2013 7:40PM
Firefighters found the bodies Wednesday of Cherie Adams, 42, and her daughter, Curtria Duncan, 24, at their burning home at 8101 S. Maryland Ave. A man who had dated Adams was charged Saturday with killing the two women. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
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Updated: February 21, 2013 6:16AM
Two women found dead inside a burning Chatham building were stabbed to death before the building was intentionally set on fire, authorities said.
Firefighters found the bodies of Curtria Duncan, 24, and Cherie Adams, 42, with stab wounds after entering the burning building, according to authorities. It is unknown if the two women lived in the building in the 8100 block of South Maryland Avenue.
The fire, which started about 3:45 p.m., was quickly extinguished, Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said.
When firefighters found Duncan and Adams dead inside they called police, Langford said.
Police said the two were found dead in a bathroom, and each was stabbed multiple times.
Area South detectives are investigating the deaths as homicides and have opened an arson investigation, police said.
