Relative Of Babe's Hot Dogs Owners Badly Beaten In Minooka Subdivision, $3,000 Reward Offered

MINOOKA, IL — In a Facebook post on Friday night, Amy Reilly of Joliet's Babe's hot dogs announced that her stepson is recovering at the Loyola Medical Center after being viciously attacked by a group of people apparently out toilet-papering homes in the middle of the night last weekend in he Ninovan Lake Estates subdivision along Minooka Road.

On Friday night, Reilly said the reward is now up to $3,000 and "Wow we never expected this, I just wanted to get the word out. Thank you so much."

Brian Bessler shared out the reward news to his Joliet Area Bar and Restaurant Facebook Group, letting everyone know that Amy and her husband are the owners of Babe's Home Cookin' in Joliet.

Earlier, Amy Reilly shared two photos of her stepson, showing him in a hospital bed and with a bloody eye.

"It breaks my heart that I have to write this post, but we are pleading for anyone's help," she shared on Facebook. "My stepson, who is an amazing young man, sweetest kindest person I know, was violently attacked at his home last Friday, Oct. 3 in Ninovan Estates just after midnight in Minooka."

Last weekend also marked the annual homecoming festivities for Minooka High School and the community.

"There was a group of about eight people dressed in black with black ski masks teepeeing houses," Reilly shared. "Just reaching out to anyone in that area who may have a Ring camera or any information."

She indicated that her stepson is now recovering at Loyola's trauma center in Maywood after undergoing a six-hour surgery on his face after being punched from behind.

She said it will take three months to recover, and he will miss part of his freshman year at Illinois State University. "Our hearts are so broken for him," she posted on Facebook. "The person that did this has to be caught."

Minooka Police notified Joliet Patch that they are still in the early stages of investigating the incident, which was not immediately reported to the police when it happened.