Dallas Man Charged With Murder of Canton Siblings

CANTON, GA — A Dallas man has been charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of two siblings at a Canton apartment complex.

Oscar Tierrablanca, 28, has turned himself in to authorities and has been charged with two counts of murder, Canton police said.

Police say Tierrablanca is the father of the female victim's 18-month-old child. The identities of the victims will be released once the family has been notified, the authorities said.

Canton police responded to a call of an assault around 1:30 a.m. Friday in building 3000 at Laurels at Greenwood Apartments at 1215 Hickory Flat Hwy.

Officers arrived on the scene to find a man and a woman "lying in the breezeway of the third floor," Canton police said.

The pair had stab wounds. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the woman was transported to Northside Hospital-Cherokee, where she was pronounced dead.

An autopsy will be conducted by the GBI's Crime Lab to determine an exact cause of death. Tierrablanca will be booked into the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center. Return to Patch for updates.

Patch's Kristal Dixon contributed to this report.
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