Toddler In Critical Condition; Beaten By Mom's Boyfriend: Police

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, IL — A Plainfield man faces several charges after he struck his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter, leaving her in critical condition with a fractured skull and a brain bleed, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

Jordan Padilla, 21, was charged with battery, domestic battery, aggravated battery, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery of a child, police said Sunday. He was taken to Will County jail to await his initial court appearance, according to police.

Deputies responded shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 21500 block of West Franklin Circle in Plainfield Township for a report of an unconscious toddler, police said. The girl was taken to a local hospital and later transferred in critical condition to another facility, according to police, who said Lockport Township emergency medical service responders told deputies the child had bruising to her left eye and abdomen that was suspicious.

Both Padilla and the child’s mother were home at the time of the incident, police said, adding Padilla’s statements to medical personnel were inconsistent with the girl’s facial bruising.

Padilla later made incriminating statements to detectives, who determined the child was struck in the face by his elbow, according to police. The girl was in critical but stable condition as of Sunday morning, police said.