Man charged with murder after allegedly beating his mother to death inside suburban apartment
NORTHLAKE, Ill. (WGN) – A 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly beating his mother to death inside a Northlake home Sunday morning.
The Northlake Police Department said just before 10:45 a.m. Sunday, May 25, officers were sent to the King Arthur Court apartment complex for reports of an unconscious woman who was not breathing. When officers arrived, they found the woman – identified as 43-year-old Elizabeth Peralta-Guadalupe – severely beaten with no signs of life. Paramedics later arrived and pronounced Peralta-Guadalupe dead.
Detectives interviewed everyone in the apartment at the time of Peralta-Guadalupe's death. Several family members were interviewed and released, but two people of interest were held for further questioning, according to investigators.
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Police said early Tuesday morning, one of the two remaining people in custody was reclassified as a witness and released without charges, leaving 20-year-old Larry Dorado as the remaining suspect.
Based on physical evidence, interviews with witnesses and autopsy results, detectives concluded Dorado, Peralta-Guadalupe's son, beat his mother to death while inside his apartment.
Dorado has been charged with first-degree murder and has a pre-trial detention hearing set for Wednesday morning.
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