He confused his mother with a thief and killed her with her batons

A violent and sad episode occurred on the outskirts of Chicago, when a young man he confused his mother with a thief in the middle of the night and killed him with a baseball bat, destroying his skull.

Thomas Summerwill had returned from a trip to Europe and was drunk at home when he thought he was acting in self-defense and attacking an alleged intruder, who was really his mother, when she entered her room in the dark.

The victim, Mary Bridget Summerwill, 53, died shortly after being beaten at the hospital for head injuries. The father was home at the time of the fatal attack and, along with his son, they called 911.

The lawyers for Thomas, 21, said that the effect jet lag, produced by the change of time with Europe, could have affected the young man, who was disoriented and did not recognize his mother.

The Kane County Attorney's Office has arrested the abuser, who has to pay bail of $ 30,000, although he faces a trial in which the sentence will be between probation and 20 years in prison.