Chicago area 2-year-old girl’s skull fractured, man arrested: police

The Brief

  • A 2-year-old girl was brutally beaten, her skull was fractured, and her brain was bleeding in southwest suburban Will County.
  • The boyfriend of the girl’s mother was questioned by police and arrested in connection with the alleged beating of the child.
  • The girl remained in critical condition.

WILL COUNTY, Ill. A 2-year-old girl’s skull was fractured after being struck in the face allegedly by her mother’s boyfriend on Saturday.

Jorda Padilla, 21, was charged with battery, domestic battery, aggravated battery, aggravated domestic battery, and aggravated battery of a child, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

Girl brutally beat

What we know:

Deputies were sent to the 21500 block of West Franklin Circle in Plainfield Township a little before 7 p.m. for a report of a 2-year-old who was unconscious but breathing.

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