Towanda Ware Beats Former Foster Mom

[Special2bme]

The former foster daughter of 73-year-old woman was charged for allegedly robbing and beating her with a steel barbell last Wednesday at the elderly woman's Southwest Side home.

A second woman, Wynester Lewis, was already charged in the attack that left the woman in critical condition with severe head injuries.

Towanda Ware, 39, of the 100 block of North Sangamon Street, was arrested at 10 a.m. Tuesday at 1409 N. Linder Ave. and charged at 6:30 p.m. with armed robbery and aggravated battery of a senior citizen, police said.

Ware, the victim's former foster daughter, was positively identified as one of two attackers who allegedly beat the woman about the head and face with a steel barbell or dumbbell and stole her property Feb. 25 at 6122 S. Maplewood Ave. about 10:20 a.m., police said.

Ware is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing later Wednesday in Cook County Criminal Court, 2600 S. California Ave.
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[MadmamainNC]

While abuse is equally as horrific be it children or elderly, was is it that later abuse bothers me in a different way? Is it because they are equally as vulnerable but the elderly is more aware of what is happening to them?

[Insomniac]

While abuse is equally as horrific be it children or elderly, was is it that later abuse bothers me in a different way? Is it because they are equally as vulnerable but the elderly is more aware of what is happening to them?

I'll tell you why it bothers me... there is a less likely chance of their healing and recovering from something like this.

[MadmamainNC]

Maybe that's it. I'm the same way regarding special needs kids or adults. Just bothers the hell out of me. Not that it bothers me more, but in a different way.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

The victim, identified by police as Saint Barton, allegedly allowed Lewis and Ware into her home to spend the night Tuesday, Feb. 24 because they needed a place to stay.

The following morning, Barton’s husband went to her bedroom after hearing sounds and allegedly saw Lewis and Ware running away. He then saw his wife -- whose purse was gone -- lying on the floor, bleeding from the head and face, according to police.

Barton was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and then transferred in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to police.http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1459538,w-foster-mom-robbery-beating-030409.article