UPDATE 7 P.M.

We’ve learned that the girlfriend’s name is Teresa Williford, and she will be 52 years of age in October.

Williford is reported to have tried to tell authorities that she’d suffered her injuries as the result of a four-wheeler accident. She advised that Mann allegedly beat her and stomped on her face (which, authorities have said, resulted in orbital fractures around her eyes). She was able to get away despite her severe injuries, and was able to run away from the Shawneetown Equality residence and was out on Coyle Lane in the Shawnee National Forest when she went to a house and was able to have those residents make a call out for emergency services.

Below is the original article:

GALLATIN CO., Ill.—Helicopters, SWAT teams and K9s have reportedly been scouring the entirety of Gallatin County since this afternoon after an alleged beating and the man who supposedly perpetrating it going on the run.

Information we’ve obtained from both official and unofficial sources indicate that authorities believe one Lonnie Mann of Shawneetown Equality allegedly beat his girlfriend (some sources say wife; their actual status is unclear at this time) at around 6:20 a.m. this morning (Tuesday, August 19), then left the premises and went into the wilds of rural Gallatin County. We don’t have Mann’s age, nor the identity of the girlfriend. However, it’s been reported to us by acquaintances of both of them that the girlfriend is in “bad shape,” to quote one, and has been hospitalized.

The manhunt is reportedly still underway and has most recently moved out of the Shawneetown and Equality area to the Ridgway area.

We have photos coming in and will attempt to bring you the latest.

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