A Vernon Hills family is looking for answers after their 29-year-old son with autism was beaten in an altercation with four young men at a park on May 20.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Patrick Sanchez of Vernon Hills with his mother Georgina Lillo. Police are investigating an altercation in which Sanchez was injured at a Vernon Hills park.
Lillo said she dashed over to the court, screaming at the group to stop, and said someone attending a nearby birthday party at the park also helped separate the group. As she took her son back to the car, she said, the group called the police on them, warned her not to leave and attempted to note her license plate number.
Patrick Sanchez, a 29-year-old with autism from Vernon Hills, was injured in a recent altercation at a park near his home.Vernon Hills Police Chief Patrick Kreis said the case involves “complicating factors.” He said the report from the incident is still being processed by the department, and that it will consult with the Lake County state’s attorney’s office about how to proceed with potential charges stemming from the incident.
“ is a place where he used to be safe,” she said. “We live in Vernon Hills. This isn’t a place of ignorance. We should be able to know . Patrick went to school here. This is his community. Imagine if my mom wasn’t at the park, what would have happened to him?” Patrick Sanchez, seated, with his family, including his mother Georgina Lillo, second from left, and his sister Camila Sanchez Lillo, behind him, at his 29th birthday celebration.Lillo said her son has a tendency to repeat things people say to him aloud to himself, especially when he takes showers, and that after the altercation she could hear Patrick repeating phrases like, “Give me my ball,” “Hahaha!” and “It’s not funny.
Sanchez is still upset he lost his basketball in the incident, Lillo said, but his family is more concerned about his drastically heightened anxiety and worsened condition.
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