CANTON, Ga. -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a man and a woman were found with multiple stab wounds lying in a breezeway Friday morning. Police later learned that they were brother and sister.

According to Canton Police, the call came in around 1:30 a.m. to the Laurels at Greenwood Apartment complex in the 1200 block of Hickory Flat hwy.

"Upon arrival, Officers found a Hispanic male and female lying in the breezeway of the third floor from apparent stab wounds. The male was deceased and the female was transported to Northside Hospital – Cherokee where she was later pronounced dead," according to a release.

Hours later police took the suspect into custody and identified him as 28-year-old Oscar Tierrablanca of Dallas, Ga. He is the father on the woman victim's 18-month-old child, according to police.

Tierrablanca is charged with two counts of murder. He is being held in the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.

The victim's bodies were taken to the GBI Medical Examiner's Officer for an autopsy. The identities of the victims are being withheld pending notification of the family.

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