Husband Attempts To Suffocate Wife With Pillow: Buffalo Grove PD

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — A Buffalo Grove man has been charged with attempted murder following an incident last month when police say he tried to suffocate his wife with a pillow during an incident at their single-family home. Cody J. Romano, 34, of the 200 block of Forest Place, was arrested last week following an investigation into the Aug. 20 incident.

Romano has been charged with the following:

• felony attempted murder
• felony aggravated domestic battery
• two counts of domestic battery (misdemeanor)
• interfering with the reporting of a domestic battery

Romano is being held in the Cook County Jail until his next court date on Sept. 23. The charges were approved by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

At around 10:50 a.m. Aug. 20, police received a call of a woman being attacked on the street on the 200 block of Forest Place in Buffalo Grove. Responding officers found the woman and a witness outside the home.

According to police, investigators learned that Romano, the woman's husband, had attacked her in their home, damaged her cellular phone and attempted to suffocate her with a pillow while asserting he was going to kill her. The woman was able to struggle free and run onto the street, where she found a lawn care worker, who shielded her as Romano reportedly tried to drag her back into the residence. After a brief struggle, police say Romano fled the scene.

Romano later returned to the home, where police arrested him. He was then taken by ambulance to a local hospital to be treated for a medical episode, police said.

Romano was released from the hospital on Aug. 28 and brought into the Buffalo Grove Police Department. Romano's first court appearance was on Aug. 29, where it was determined he would be held in jail prior to the pre-trial detention hearing.