A Stickney woman has been charged with attempting to suffocate a 6-year-old boy who was crying.
Cook County Sheriff’s detectives were called to a Burbank elementary school on Feb. 27 after school officials reported an incident of child abuse, according to officials.
Julie Espinosa, 58, is accused of covering the boy in her care’s face with a pillow because he was crying. The victim vomited when Espinosa removed the pillow.
The boy and his minor siblings were placed in the care of a relative by officials with the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services.
Espinosa was arrested on Tuesday and charged with aggravated battery on a child.
She is scheduled to appear in bond court at the Bridgeview Courthouse on Wednesday.
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