Florida boy, nine, is charged with attempted murder after he stabbed his five-year-old SISTER with a kitchen knife when their mom left the house to get the mail
- A nine-year-old Florida boy has been charged with trying to kill his five-year-old sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife on January 28
- The boy was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder
- On Wednesday his attorney entered a not guilty plea
- When asked why the boy stabbed his sister, he said the thought of killing his sister entered his head two days ago and he couldn’t get it out of his head
- The children’s mother said she went out of the house to get the mail and returned and saw her son stabbing her daughter in a bedroom
A nine-year-old Florida boy has been charged with trying to kill his five-year-old sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife last month, officials said.
On January 28 the boy charged at his younger sister in their family’s Ocala apartment when their mother left the home to get the mail and to get some candy for her kids from a neighbor.
When she returned she said she found the boy stabbing his sister with a kitchen knife in a bedroom.
‘Die, die!’ the mother recalled her son saying, according to the affidavit.
The child told investigators he thought of killing his sister two days before the stabbing, Ocala police said.
A nine-year-old Florida boy has been charged with trying to kill his five-year-old sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife on January 28, officials said. Police pictured at the Ocala apartment where the stabbing took place
Police caution tape pictured at the Ocala apartment where the stabbing took place. When asked why the boy stabbed his sister, he said the thought of killing his sister entered his head two days ago and he couldn’t get it out of his head, according to the affidavit.
The boy was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder and appeared in court on Wednesday in the central Florida city of Ocala, prosecutors said.
The boy’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday morning.
The police detective who described the incident in the affidavit said he found a large kitchen knife in the hallway and blood appeared to be on the blade. He also found blood inside the room and leading out into the hallway
When asked why the boy stabbed his sister, he said the thought of killing his sister entered his head two days ago and he couldn’t get it out of his head, according to the affidavit.
The boy was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder. The boy’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday morning. The boy was covered with a jacket as he stood before a judge last week
The girl was released last Friday from the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. The boy remains detained and is being represented by the public defender’s office
The girl was released last Friday from the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
The boy remains detained and is being represented by the public defender’s office.
The public defender’s office is awaiting results of a competency examination that will determine whether the boy understands the charges, the Ocala Star-Banner reported.
A trial is slated to start on February 21st.