Man Beat Dad to Death With Weed Wacker

Chicago, Illinois - A Woodridge man faces first-degree murder charges for allegedly striking his father in the head multiple times with a weed trimmer. Yashesh S. Desai, 21, of 3 Plover Court in Woodridge was charged in connection with the death of Sanjiv J. Desai, 47, according to DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Woodridge Police Chief Steve Herron. A judge ordered him held on $2 million bail in the slaying. Prosecutors allege Yashesh Desai struck his father several times earlier that morning with a weed wacker while the man was asleep on the futon. Woodridge police arrested Desai on the scene.  More