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Cook County Sheriff's Department
Elaine Cook, 51, was charged with aggravated domestic battery for allegedly biting off part of her boyfriend's tongue during an argument on Valentine's Day.
An Illinois woman was arrested after allegedly biting off a large piece of her boyfriend's tongue following a domestic dispute on Valentine's Day.
Police say Elaine Cook of Skokie, Ill., and her boyfriend of 10 months went out last week for Valentine's Day, returned to her apartment and got into a fight.
Cook reportedly asked him to leave her apartment, but he wanted to end the argument.
"He told her they should stop fighting and went to kiss her," Assistant State's Attorney Eve Reilly told the Chicago Sun-Times, "and she bit off a large portion of his tongue."
Reilly said Cook's boyfriend ran to the sink bleeding. Cook followed him and threw the tongue on the counter. He put the piece into a bag of ice, and then he and Cook's roommate called 911.
The boyfriend was rushed to Evanston Hospital, Reilly said, but doctors could not reattach the tongue because of inadequate blood supply, the Sun-Times reported.
In the days following the maiming, the 47-year-old boyfriend, who asked not to be identified, said he was in a lot of pain.
“Obviously, talking is not the best thing to do right now,” the man told the Sun-Times. “[But] at least I can talk. It’s just sad. The whole thing."
Court records show Cook was arrested Friday, and Cook County Judge Israel Desierto ordered her to be held Sunday in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Her boyfriend, who said he has "a lot of mixed feelings," said he didn't want to see Cook's life ruined by going to jail.
"It makes me sick to my stomach that she's sitting in jail right now, but it's just out of my hands," said the man. "I have to focus on getting better now."
Cook is due back in court on Wednesday.
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3 reasons why Valentine's Day sucks: 1. it makes single people feel like crap & 2. it's kinda scary to know that a fat baby is running around with a weapon, and 3. people get really weird.
The loony broad belongs in prison- freaky hag.
Hi, me dino. Top land Jurassic dino predator, that is. Tongue! Tongue! Oh, serve me tongue. What a delicacy if properly served with a quite a palatable adventurous variety of exquisite seasonings and sauces.
Speechless!!!
Just another sick case of someone who is trying to make headlines trying to be another cannibal. I hope the courts throw the book at her and throw away the key. I'm sick to death of people who just have NO self control. What in the hell is wrong with people today? She will fit right in with other sickos in jail. No doubt, in there she will meet others who are bigger and badder than she is and have less self control than she did.
Theres an assault rifle in this story some where...
No, but maybe teeth should be banned. ;)
Look for Obama to order everyone to the dentist for a massive amount of extraction.
i can say, she is not going to be doing the same amount of time that if it was a guy that bite off a womens tongue. punishment so one sided in the united states.
Because a man is much stronger than a woman and can hold her down while biting her tongue out.
In the case of the woman, she has to wait for him to force his tongue into her mouth to make himself that vulnerable first.
And don't you worry; if a child does this to a woman, that child won't be facing as much jail time as a woman who did that to a child would face either.
Wow. Gives a whole new meaning to "tongue in cheek"
He should have beaten this crazy hoe to within an inch of her life.
He was too busy bleeding and trying to save his tongue. I don't know what to make of him; Battered boyfriend or the opposite?
I guess he could have beaten her to a pulp if she had merely slapped him away instead of biting down hard until she tasted blood.
If he had done a peck on the cheek instead, I guess he would now be like "Lipless" on the John Boy and Billy Show.
You can bet there was some drinking involved and more than likely some drug use in their histories. That is technically the only way to explain why people are going nuts and committing unthinkable crimes. Our family doctor has my wife on about ten different medications. If it were not so sad to watch it is funny to see her line up the pill bottles and start taking them one by one. This way she starts getting wacky now and then. Way too many pills in our society today.
What's a matter? The cat got your tongue?
I am sorry I just could not help myself.
pay backs are hell.
Sounds like another Lorena Bobbit. Lock the bitch up. Hopefully they'll 'take care' of her there and give her what she deserves
Man, he must have said something really really nasty...
If this is what the real world is about then I need a beer and a hit of LSD.
She does have the look of a speed queen. Meth anyone?
A shame he wasn't Gene Simmons because she would have choked to death.
I'm sure there's a lesson to be learned here but it could be any number of things from to cheap a meal, no card or a chinsy or no gift. My gift was not worthy enough so I didn't get a kiss goodnight from my wife. Guess I was luckier than I thought!
Some women are really serious about this Valentines thing. I sneaked a couple of Smarties candy rolls in her lunch box for her (she loves them and it was kind of a personal joke). I meant well and it was the thought that counts, or so I thought. It went over like a lead balloon! So much for thinking....
I'm not cheap seeing that I spent a load of money at Christmas and her birthday that fall in the same week. I always get her a separate birthday gift and card and spend lavishly at that time of year.
I always thought that knowing your spouse or significant other loved and appreciated you was the point, not the size of the gift or the wordy card that so often accompanies it.
DV is for men only. Yet many women commit DV against men. But the DA's and courts don't enforce DV against women. It is a one sided law. She will do little if ANY time in jail which she deserves. She will probably not be required to register as DV attacker. Do the readers know that the District Attorney's office is PAID to prosecute DV cases by the federal government grant monies, and only get reimbursed if they win. Many men are forced to plea guilty after being threatened with serious jail time, and the fact that some women instigated the fight or escalate it to a physical confrontation knowing they are immune from DV laws is just wrong.
I agree, this level of violence is excessive. She is a very clear danger to society.
I don't even care if she was on some kind of hallucinogen she should stay locked up so she doesn't hurt anyone like that again.
The boyfriend sounds like he needs counseling and therapy.
Who would date this loony after the publicity.
She did ask the guy to leave, however she did go beyond the extreme. What she did was thoughtless and cruel.
RUN RUN and dont look back next injury could be fatal. I hope she get court ordered anger therapy jail time wont help her.
I think I don't like this Valentine thing anymore.
Only in Chicago. Perhaps they should outlaw women with teeth. Don't badmouth Lorena Bobbit, she gave a whole new definition to the phrase "the old lady cut me off" and she is out of jail.
I hope that the syco gets 10 years!!!!! Keep her away from any other victoms!!!!!! Bitch is NUTZ!!!!
He doesn't want to see her life ruined by going to jail? How about that....'abused man syndrome'.
I guess they never saw "Young Frankenstein" .
Favorite quote' "NO tongues"