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Son cut mom's throat in Round Lake Park, police say

A Round Lake Park woman's throat was cut by her son Monday morning after he also tried to strangle her, police said.

The 60-year-old woman survived the attack and was taken to a hospital. Her 32-year-old son, Adam Kuehn, of the 200 block of Newhouse Lane, Round Lake Park, faces four felony charges in connection with the attack, for which police haven't identified a motive, Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko said. Officials do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved.

Kuehn is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated domestic battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated domestic battery by strangulation. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

The attack happened in the 200 block of Amendola Way, at the home of Kuehn's grandfather, who died the day before. Kuehn and his mother, who live together, were visiting the home to pick up a suit for his grandfather's funeral, Filenko said.

The attack was reported about 9:30 a.m. by a neighbor, who called it in as a medical emergency. The neighbor reported seeing a woman struggling with a man in the driveway, Filenko said.

“We knocked on the door, announced ourselves, and out steps the victim — and she's just soaked in blood,” Filenko said. Police later learned that after Kuehn strangled his mother and slit her throat, she was able to escape the house. The onlooking neighbor witnessed Kuehn trying to drag his mother back inside, Filenko said.

“It was extremely fortunate for the victim that the neighbor across the street happened to be outside, because that area happens to be extremely quiet,” Filenko said. “We feel if she would have been dragged back into the house successfully unnoticed, who knows what would have happened.”

An update on the woman's condition was not immediately available. She was conscious and lucid when police last spoke with her just before she entered surgery at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Filenko said.

After the attack, the son fled on a bicycle, police said. Minutes later, he was spotted by a Round Lake Park police officer and ran into an overgrown field near Alleghany and Peterson roads. Kuehn reportedly dropped to the ground and crawled about 75 feet to a farm house before a Lake County sheriff's police dog found him and he was arrested about 20 minutes after the 911 call came in, authorities said.

“The dog picked up the scent right away and got him near a farm house,” Filenko said.

Kuehn has at least three prior convictions for violent crimes in Lake County including: an aggravated battery from September, 2002, battery in September, 2009, and aggravated battery to a peace officer in June, 2013, court records show.

The case remains under investigation.

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