On Monday, Llovana Torres, a 26-year-old Rogers Park resident, faced charges implicating her in the brutal stabbing of her 7-year-old son. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, prosecutors allege the incident occurred early Saturday morning when Torres became infuriated after her son had disarrayed their apartment on the 1700 block of West Touhy Avenue, undoing her cleaning efforts from the previous night.
During her fit of rage, Torres began striking her son, leading him to hide in a cabinet under the sink. Trying to grab the boy, she "used a kitchen knife to poke into the cabinet," which resulted in her son's injury, "stopping when the child said ‘ouch,’" as stated by the Chicago Sun-Times. The injured child was then taken to her mother’s apartment, downstairs within the same building, before being rushed to the hospital.
After the boy's grandmother insisted, the child was driven to Evanston Hospital by Torres and later airlifted to Lurie Children’s Hospital for emergency surgery. He is undergoing treatment for a ruptured diaphragm and, due to the severity of his injuries, remains on a ventilator. The WEVV report also details that the boy was stabbed in his left leg. At the hospital, prosecutors say Torres admitted to having stabbed her son in a misconceived effort to find him, claiming the injury was an accident.
Furthermore, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services previously investigated Torres in 2023 and this year, although details from these inquiries remain undisclosed. She is expected to reappear in court on June 13 concerning the current charges, as per the Chicago Sun-Times.
