Natasha McShane was allegedly beaten with a baseball bat by Heriberto Viramontes. At right is his co-defendant, Marcy Cruz, who testified against him. ()
A Cook County prosecutor called Heriberto Viramontes 'every parent's nightmare' as closing arguments got underway today in Viramontes' trial on charges he brutally beat a Northern Ireland exchange student and her friend with a baseball bat in 2010.
'He took everything they had,' Assistant State's Attorney John Maher said of victims Natasha McShane and Stacy Jurich. 'He took Natasha McShane's future ....He burdened them (the McShane family) with the life task of caring for their daughter. He took serenity and sleep from Stacy Jurich along with her peripheral vision and part of her scalp.'
At one point Maher walked about the courtroom with the bat that prosecutors believe was used in the beating, telling jurors, 'Behold Heriberto Viramontes, every parent's nightmare.'
McShane, who suffered a severe brain injury, can no longer speak or walk unassisted. Jurich, who was in the courtroom for the closing arguments, was able to return to work but testified during the trial that she still has severe headaches and reduced vision.
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