Overview

• Llovana Torres, 26, has been charged with felony battery to a child under 13 after allegedly stabbing her 7-year-old son in their Rogers Park apartment on May 17, 2025.
• Prosecutors allege the child hid in a kitchen cabinet after being hit by Torres, who then stabbed him multiple times with a kitchen knife.
• The boy suffered a ruptured diaphragm and a calf wound, requiring airlift to Lurie Children’s Hospital, where he remains on a ventilator in critical condition.
• A Cook County judge declared Torres an extreme risk to her family and ordered her detained without bail pending her next court appearance on June 13, 2025.
• The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had documented two cases of neglect involving Torres in the past six months, adding to concerns over systemic child-welfare oversight.