PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida girl was arrested after stabbing a 12-year-old within the face and neck earlier than making an attempt to cover her physique, regardless that she was alive, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced.
Deputies responded to the Cecil Webb Wildlife Administration Space after a 12-year-old with cuts to the face and neck was discovered by individuals passing on Monday, Could 26.
Deputies arrived and located the sufferer who was in want of instant medical consideration.
In response to CCSO, the sufferer was solely capable of inform the deputies the suspect, Gwendolyn Girard, 35, attacked her with a knife and left her below the comb earlier than leaving in a gold-colored van.
Throughout an investigation, the van was positioned in North Fort Myers by the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace, with Girard there as effectively.
Girard was transported for questioning, and the automobile was towed to impound.
The CCSO Main Crimes Unit secured a warrant to arrested Girard on expenses of aggravated battery and aggravated youngster abuse.
In response to CCSO, detectives interviewed Girard, the place she confessed and advised detectives the situation of the knife used within the assault.
“In my 33-year profession, there are solely a handful of occasions that I’ve been left speechless. That is a kind of occasions. To assault a toddler with a knife… I am unable to perceive it. It is just by God’s grace that she continues to be with us right now, and I pray for her as she heals from this horrific incident. Sadly, the psychological trauma inflicted on her could by no means heal,” Sheriff Invoice Prummell stated.
Girard is being held on the Charlotte County Jail with a $750,000 bond.
The sufferer has been handled and is in steady situation.
