Katherine ‘Kat’ Torbick, a 43-year-old nurse and mother from Schaumburg, Illinois. Prosecutors allege that her former boyfriend, Kevin Motykie, subjected her to a prolonged assault that was captured on a recording device found after his arrest. Authorities allege the recording lasted more than seven hours and documented arguments, restraint, violence, and ultimately her death. He has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual assault. These are allegations presented by prosecutors, and the criminal case is still proceeding through the courts. 

Police responded to a home in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg for a welfare check after a 911 caller reported not having heard from mom Katherine “Kat” Torbick, 43, throughout the day on April 30, according to the Schaumburg Police Department.

The couple had been dating for 10 years and lived together, but broke up earlier this year. Torbick recently began seeing somebody else, CBS News reported.