Every week there seems to be a case of horrific parental abuse by children in the Chicago-area. It's only Monday, and already there's been a report out of Woodbridge that a 21-year old man killed his dad with a weed wacker as the elder man slept on a futon inside the family home.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Yashesh Desai was arrested over the weekend after beating his father to death with a weed trimmer. No motive was given as to why the son killed his father, 47-year old Sanjiv Desai.
This deadly attacked followed the near-fatal attack last week when 27-year old Alexander Georg tried to kill his mother in Naperville. In that attack, Georg hacked at his mother with a butcher knife after his mother reportedly offered him a sandwich. The mother was seriously injured but was not killed in the attack.
Like the Desai killing, a motive in the Georg beating was not given. So in both cases, it's unclear what led to the deadly incidents and if there was a history of domestic violence leading up to the attacks.
However, you should be aware that while the stereotypical case of domestic violence involves a man beating his wife or girlfriend, domestic violence also often involves children beating parents, wives abusing husbands, or children abusing each other.
In all cases of domestic violence, victims can take steps to protect themselves. For example, they can seek an order of protection or restraining order that can keep a dangerous family member at bay.
Yashesh Desai killed his dad over the weekend shedding light on the often ignored problem of parental abuse by children. Victims of abuse should be aware that they can take steps to protect themselves.
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- Find a Chicago Family Law Attorney (FindLaw)
- Man killed dad with weed trimmer (NBC)
- Domestic Violence (FindLaw)
- Ask A Question about Family Law now (FindLaw Answers)
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