Joliet Woman Viciously Chomps Elderly Lady's Hands And Mouth After Ramming House With Car: Cops

A Joliet woman viciously bit the hands and mouth of an elderly lady after ramming her car into the wounded woman’s house Saturday morning, police said.

Police were unsure whether 56-year-old Lisa Holmquist even knew the 77-year-old woman she allegedly left a bloody mess after tearing at the flesh of her hands and mouth with her teeth. Either way, police said, Holmquist crashed her 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis into the elderly woman’s Connecticut Avenue home shortly before 11 a.m., then entered the residence and demanded to know where her son was.

The older woman reportedly told Holmquist she had no idea and ordered her to leave. Holmquist then launched herself at the elderly woman and used her teeth to attack her, police said.

Other occupants of the home managed to get Holmquist out the door but she was still around when officers arrived, police said. So was the wounded woman, who was reportedly out in front of the house and bleeding profusely from her hands and mouth.

The older woman was taken to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center. Holmquist, who was drunk and barely able to stand, police said, was carted off to the Will County jail. She was charged with the aggravated battery of a senior citizen, criminal trespassing, aggravated driving under the influence, and driving on a suspended license.