A convicted murderer called 911 to report that he stabbed his girlfriend in the stomach in North Chicago after prosecutors say he got mad at her for being out late.
The North Chicago Police Department and North Chicago Fire Department responded around 4 a.m. on June 23 to the 1000 block of Broadway Avenue in North Chicago for a report of a stabbing.
Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Dino Katris said Albert W. Kennedy Jr., 49, of North Chicago, lives with his girlfriend.
Officers responded to their home after receiving a 911 call from Kennedy.
Kennedy, who had been drinking, told dispatchers he had stabbed his girlfriend and she needed medical assistance, Katris said.
The victim was bleeding from the stomach area and transported by ambulance to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.
She was treated for a puncture wound to the stomach, Katris said.
The woman told officers she had come home around 11:30 p.m. and Kennedy was sleeping.
The victim went to sleep on the couch and was woken up by Kennedy around 5 a.m., Katris said.
Katris said the man was upset and interrogated the woman about where she had been that night.
Kennedy pushed the victim up against a door and plunged a two and a half inch knife into her stomach, Katris said. The knife was recovered by police.
The victim had been charged with domestic battery against Kennedy earlier this year but he recanted his story and the case was disposed with deferred prosecution.
Kennedy was charged in the stabbing with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and two counts of domestic battery.
“This violent love-hate relationship is only intensifying. This is a crime of violence, domestic in nature, where a weapon was used,” Katris said, arguing that Kennedy poses a danger to the victim and has substance abuse issues, making him not a good candidate for pre-trial release.
Kennedy was convicted of murder in Chicago in a 1997 case where he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a petition to detain Kennedy and Lake County Judge Michael Nerheim granted the petition during a detention hearing.
Kennedy is scheduled to appear in court again on Wednesday for a status of preliminary hearing.