One of two people accused of beating a young woman inside a Carpentersville McDonald's earlier this month is now facing a hate crime charge.

"I genuinely think that their plan was to kill me, and that they didn't care if they ended my life that day," victim Kady Grass said.

But later, police said, those people attacked Grass, punching and kicking her, even as she was on the ground unconscious.

Authorities allege John Kammrad, 19, and a juvenile boy made derogatory remarks about a woman’s sexual orientation during a May 13 attack.

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A 19-year-old man and a teenage boy are facing hate crime charges after allegedly attacking a woman at a Carpentersville McDonald’s and making derogatory remarks about her sexual orientation.

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