Overview

• Llovana Torres, 26, has been charged with aggravated battery of a child under 13 after allegedly stabbing her 7-year-old son multiple times in their Rogers Park apartment on Saturday morning.
• The child, who had hidden in a kitchen cabinet to escape his mother, suffered a ruptured diaphragm and remains hospitalized on a ventilator at Lurie Children’s Hospital.
• Prosecutors revealed Torres had been frustrated after discovering her son had made a mess, despite her cleaning efforts the night before, leading to the violent attack.
• The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had found evidence of abuse or neglect by Torres twice in the last six months, raising concerns about prior intervention measures.
• A Cook County judge has deemed Torres an extreme risk to her children and ordered her detention pending trial, with the next court date scheduled for June 13.