Illinois woman accused of stabbing mother in head with kitchen knife

VERNON HILLS, Ill. - A 20-year-old Vernon Hills woman has been charged after allegedly stabbing her mother in the head early Thursday morning, according to police.

Mother stabbed in Vernon Hills

What we know:

Officers responded to a home in the 900 block of Jackson Court around 7:06 a.m. after receiving a 911 call reporting a mother had been stabbed in the head by her daughter. The caller told police the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Sashary Almanza, had run away following the alleged stabbing.

Vernon Hills police found Almanza about 10 minutes later, roughly half a mile from the residence, and took her into custody without incident. Officers also recovered the suspected weapon, described as a kitchen knife, at the scene of the arrest, police said.

Investigators determined that the stabbing stemmed from an encounter in the home’s kitchen just before the 911 call. 

Sashary Alamanza | Vernon Hills police

Almanza was charged with aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, both felonies. She remains in custody at the Lake County Jail following a detention hearing.

Almanza's mother, 46, was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with a stab wound to the head. She was treated for a cut and was later released.

Vernon Hills police were assisted in the arrest by officers from the Libertyville and Mundelein police departments.