Attacked Girl Still Can't Recognize Her Family

A 12-year-old Orland Hills girl continues to recover in a local hospital after she was attacked and nearly abducted Monday.

Family members say she doesn't even recognize them.

"We are sort of worried, but doctors say it might not be permanent, but you never know," the girl's brother, Zied Tarawneh, said Wednesday.

The girl attended Prairie View Middle School in Tinley Park, where the superintendent says parents on on edge.

"They are nervous," Kirby District 140 Superintendent Dr. Mike Byrne says. "When they hear something like this, it is a shock. It's not something that happens in our community. You just don't hear about it."

At other schools in the Orland Hills area, there are new concerns and new safety measures that many parents are taking.

"There has been a lot of parents walking with their children, coming to pick them up, and we had a lot less kids walking today," crossing guard Robin Jankosky said.

Orland Hills police say there are no suspects in the case, and may try to talk to the victim again.

"My investigators did a great job of interviewing her at the hospital. We were able to ascertain the information we have so far, but being sensitive to her needs and her age, we didn't want to go too hard, Chief Thomas Scully said. "We're giving precedent to her treatment over our investigation.

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