Beach Park stabbing: 9-year-old girl in critical condition, man charged

BEACH PARK, Ill. - A Beach Park man has been charged with attempted murder after a 9-year-old girl was found with multiple stab wounds inside a home in the northern suburb on Thursday.

Around 10:45 a.m., Lake County deputies were called to a home in the 38000 block of N. Manor Avenue for a report of a stabbing.

According to the sheriff, the victim's mother returned home after the child's school called her.

"She was at the residence because she had been called by the child’s school inquiring as to why her child was not in school that day," said Sgt. Ari Briskman with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

When the mother got home, she observed Demetrius Fisher – who she had been dating – exiting the home and running away. The mother entered the home and found her daughter stabbed multiple times.

The 9-year-old was taken by ambulance in critical condition with life-threatening injuries to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

"The nature is horrible," said Sgt. Briskman. "Anytime you have something involving a child, that always hits hardest to everyone, including police officers, paramedics, and firefighters."

After fleeing the scene, the sheriff says Fisher boarded a PACE bus and was later arrested at the Waukegan Metra Station.

The Lake County State's Attorney's Office approved one charge of attempted first-degree murder. Fisher, 30, is due in court on Friday.