PICTURED: Mugshot of Florida teen, 18, with his neck stitched up after stabbing his ex-girlfriend 15 times outside restaurant before trying to slash his own throat in suicide bid
- Spencer Pearson, 18, allegedly stabbed Madison Schemitz, 17, and her mother
- He then sliced his own throat in a failed suicide attempt, police say
- The teen made his first court appearance on Saturday after weeks in the hospital
The disturbing mugshot of a Florida teenager accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her mother before trying to slash his own throat has been released.
Spencer Pearson, 18, allegedly knifed 17-year-old Madison Schemitz and her mother Jacki Roge in a frenzied attack earlier this month outside a restaurant in Ponte Vedra Beach, near Jacksonville.
Pearson, a recent graduate and former football player, also stabbed bystander Kennedy Armstrong, 23, during the attack.
He then ‘steadily’ sliced his own throat in a failed suicide attempt, according to police.
After spending several weeks in the hospital, Pearson was booked into a St. John’s County jail on Friday and appeared in court the next day.
Spencer Pearson, 18, is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her mother before trying to slash his own throat in a failed suicide attempt
Madison Schemitz was a star of the softball team at Ponte Vedra High School, in a suburb of Jacksonville
Pearson posted gushing tributes to Schemitz on his social media
His gruesome mugshot bandages on the line of stitches across his neck.
The teen was wearing a blue prison suit and was still wearing bandages across his neck as he acknowledged his charges in court.
Schemitz, a rising senior and softball star, has been left with severe damage to her spinal cord after the attack, according to her family.
Her mother had reportedly filed a police report about Pearson less than a week before the stabbings.
Roge claimed Pearson had been harassing her daughter – following her on her way to school, leaving notes on her car, and messaging her from fake accounts on social media.
Pearson had just graduated from high school, where he had been a star football player.
On June 3, Schemitz, her mother, and a friend met at Mr. Chubby’s Wings in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Jackie Roge (right), the mother of Madison Schemitz, was seriously injured in last Saturday’s attack. She had previously filed a police report after Pearson harassed her daughter for months
Schemitz’s mother Jacki Roge was also stabbed in the frenzied broad-daylight attack
After being seated, the group noticed Pearson sitting at a nearby table.
Because Pearson had allegedly been following and harassing Schemitz since April, when the pair broke up, the mother and daughter opted to leave the restaurant.
Pearson followed them out to the parking lot and ‘charged’ at the pair, according to the arrest warrant.
The screams of Schemitz and her mother alerted Kennedy Armstrong, 23, to the trouble.
Pearson grabbed Schemitz by the arm and stabbed her at least 15 times. Rogé was stabbed in the leg and forehead.
Armstrong, who had run to the scene to help, was also slashed and suffered a severed artery in is arm.
Pearson is charged with two counts of attempted murder and being held with no bond.
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