Tiffany
03-28-2006, 02:19 PM
CLARENDON HILLS, Ill. -- An Illinois man accused of choking his 8-year-old daughter, stabbing her and attempting to drown her has been charged with her murder.
Neil Lofquist, 40, was ordered jailed without bond Tuesday.
Prosecutors accuse Lofquist of attacking his daughter Lauren at their home in Clarendon Hills, a western suburb of Chicago.
Prosecutors said Lofquist attempted to strangle his daughter in her bedroom late Sunday while his wife was downstairs and his son was in bed. He then moved the girl to the bathroom, where he attempted to drown her in the toilet and stabbed her in the neck, prosecutors alleged.
Lofquist later went to a hospital with his wife to attend to wounds he suffered. Prosecutors said hospital personnel called police and suggested they check the Lofquist home. Paramedics who found the girl weren't able to revive her.
Prosecutors aren't commenting on a possible motive and say they're requesting a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect.
His next court date was set for April 24.
Neil Lofquist, 40, was ordered jailed without bond Tuesday.
Prosecutors accuse Lofquist of attacking his daughter Lauren at their home in Clarendon Hills, a western suburb of Chicago.
Prosecutors said Lofquist attempted to strangle his daughter in her bedroom late Sunday while his wife was downstairs and his son was in bed. He then moved the girl to the bathroom, where he attempted to drown her in the toilet and stabbed her in the neck, prosecutors alleged.
Lofquist later went to a hospital with his wife to attend to wounds he suffered. Prosecutors said hospital personnel called police and suggested they check the Lofquist home. Paramedics who found the girl weren't able to revive her.
Prosecutors aren't commenting on a possible motive and say they're requesting a psychiatric evaluation of the suspect.
His next court date was set for April 24.