An unhinged Florida mother allegedly stabbed her 12-year-old daughter within the face and neck earlier than stashing her bloodied physique beneath brush at a nature protect — though the woman was nonetheless alive.
Gwendolyn Girard, 35, carried out the twisted assault Monday at Cecil Webb Wildlife Administration Space in Punta Gorda after which fled the grotesque scene in a gold-colored van, in line with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Deputies stated the savaged survivor was discovered alone and struggling to talk by passersby.
“The sufferer had been type of, I hate to make use of the phrase, discarded,” a deputy spokesperson advised WFTV.
“However that’s type of the easiest way to explain what it was. After the assault, she was left bloodied and beneath a pile of brush.”
The kid, who recognized her assailant, was handled at a neighborhood hospital and stays in secure situation.
Girard was arrested Tuesday after investigators discovered her getaway automobile in North Fort Myers, about 22 miles from the character protect.
Deputies, who confirmed the pair’s relationship to the native outlet, stated the heartless mom allegedly confessed to the warped stabbing and disclosed the situation of the knife.
She was booked at Lee County Jail and charged with aggravated battery and aggravated little one abuse.
“In my 33-year profession, there are solely a handful of instances that I’ve been left speechless. That is a type of instances,” Sheriff Invoice Prummell stated in an announcement.
“To assault a toddler with a knife … I can’t perceive it. It is just by God’s grace that she remains to be with us at this time, and I pray for her as she heals from this horrific accident. Sadly, the psychological trauma inflicted on her could by no means heal.”
