Woman seriously hurt, police arrested 19-year-old in connection

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DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Police have arrested a 19-year-old accused of severely beating his 43-year-old mother late Saturday night.

According to a sworn statement, officers were called to the 100 block of South Calhoun Street at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday. The woman told police she received messages from her son, Adam D. Rich, who was allegedly causing damage at her home.

Officers attempted to contact with Rich but were unsuccessful.

The woman left her place of employment and returned home at 1:00 a.m. Sunday, according to the sworn statement. She tried calling dispatch again and said she believed Rich had killed her cat.

Dispatchers told police that the woman stayed on the phone, and they heard a female crying and loud banging. Dispatchers said the woman said "he's back," followed by more screaming and the sounds of scuffling before the phone line was disconnected.

When officers arrived, they attempted to make contact at the front door and heard mumbling inside. Officers then checked the back of the residence and found a reddish substance, believed to be blood, on the back porch and in the grass.

The sworn statement said that while checking the exterior of the residence, they found a phone that showed incoming calls from the dispatch center. Police say the phone was also coated in a reddish substance they believed to be blood.

Police then made entry into the back door of the residence. Inside, according to the sworn, they found a trail of blood leading to a downstairs basement and a second trail of blood that led officers to the woman. Officers at the scene rendered aid to the woman. She was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

According to the sworn, the woman suffered an open skull fracture, broken jaw and lacerations to her right ear.

Police found Rich in the 900 block of East Main Street at about 2:10 a.m. Sunday. He was arrested on a preliminary attempted murder charge and booked into the Macon County Jail.

The sworn statement said that while collecting Rich's clothes, which officers believed to have blood on them, Rich asked the officers if his mother was dead.

Police said Rich made about 13 calls to the number the woman called dispatch from and left a voicemail offering money in exchange for dropping the charges, according to the sworn statement.

Rich's bond was set at $100,000 dollars at the Macon County Jail on Monday morning. Prosecutors also asked for the judge to issue a GPS monitor.