Father Accused Of Killing Teen Beat Her With Pole, Mallet: Court

Tinley Park IL

05 May, 2022

2:31 AM

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TINLEY PARK, IL — Court officials have released new details in the killing of Tinley Park teenager Mia Maro. Maro's father, Mohammed Almaru, was charged with first degree murder in connection with the incident and denied bail Thursday. Information from a court document detailed Mia's last few days. The teenager's aunts told police Mia was set to go to Victor J. Andrew High School's prom on Friday, but Almaru decided the day before he did not want her to go. According to police, Almaru had picked out Mia's dress for the occasion but later changed his mind because he "did not trust her." A few days prior, Mia's aunt was at the Almaru house to take care of Mia's mother. The mother, Audrey Jorgenson, suffered a traumatic brain injury under three years ago that left her in a wheelchair and in need of full-time care. Up until her death, family said, Mia was one of her mother's primary caretakers. While the aunt, who prosecutors named as Randa Almaru, Mohammed's sister, was waiting for Mia to come home from school and take over Jorgenson's care so the aunt could leave for an appointment, Mia texted Randa and told her she had accidentally rear-ended another car while driving her father's vehicle. Mia texted Randa that her father was "going to kill her" and "beat her ass," prosecutors said. Randa left once Mia returned home. This was the last time the Randa saw her niece alive. On Friday, another one of Mia's aunts — Linda Maro — arrived at the Almaru house and watched after Jorgenson all day. During that time, Maro did not hear from Mia and tracked her phone to see if Almaru had decided to allow his daughter to attend the prom. According to Maro, Mia's location changed multiple times through the FindMyiPhone app. The 17-year-old's phone turned up in Warrenville, Arlington Heights and Tinley Park on Friday, but did not show her in Chicago, where prom was taking place. Linda left the house and did not see her niece that night. After multiple days of not being able to get in touch with Mia, one of her aunts showed up to the Almaru residence, where she found Mia dead in the basement next to Almaru, who had cuts on his throat, officials said. Police said they found a letter written by Almaru in which he admitted beating Mia because he believed the girl had lied to him. Police also found a metal pole and rubber mallet at the residence that contained hair and blood belonging to Mia, officials said.