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Matthew Sokolowski, 34, of Palos Park is charged with two counts of attempted murder following a Nov. 24 attack against two people, described in court documents as his adoptive parents.

The Cook County sheriff’s police responded to reports of a stabbing at about 9 a.m. Nov. 24 to the 12000 block of South Newport Drive in unincorporated Palos Township.

The victims were an elderly woman with wounds to her face and an elderly man with multiple stab wounds, police said. Both were taken to a hospital for treatment.

In a petition seeking detention of Sokolowski, prosecutors said Sokolowski punched his mother in the face, shattering the mug of coffee she was drinking from, and proceeded to batter her with another coffee cup. When the other victim,

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