Homestead woman accused of stabbing daughter-in-law in front of grandchildren

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‘Grandma started to termination mommy with the knife,’ miss tells officers, according to apprehension report

Celestine Ward. (Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation)

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – A Homestead pistillate was arrested Wednesday aft she stabbed her daughter-in-law, authorities said.

According to Homestead police, the stabbing occurred astir 3:42 p.m. astatine a location successful the 700 artifact of Southwest Fourth Avenue.

Police said a responding serviceman knocked connected the beforehand doorway and erstwhile Celestine Ward, 57, opened the door, the serviceman spotted the unfortunate sitting successful a excavation of humor connected the surviving country floor, leaning against a cot bed.

According to Ward’s apprehension report, the unfortunate was airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center successful captious condition.

Police said the victim’s girl told officers that her parent and begetter were arguing and her begetter yet near the home.

The miss said her parent and grandma past began to argue, authorities said.

According to the report, the miss told officers, “Grandma started to termination mommy with the knife. The weapon is successful the country nether the bed.”

Police said the victim’s children were turned implicit to the Florida Department of Children and Families.

According to the report, the unfortunate was interviewed astatine the infirmary by a detective and said she and her mother-in-law had been drinking alcoholic beverages astatine a Chili’s Grill & Bar earlier that day.

She said they went backmost location and an statement ensued betwixt them.

She said she didn’t retrieve what the statement was about, but remembers Ward charging toward her, the study stated.

According to the report, the unfortunate said she defended herself and her mother-in-law past charged astatine her a 2nd clip with the knife, stabbing her aggregate times.

Police said Ward provided a recorded connection to detectives, claiming the unfortunate had punched her respective times successful the look and the stabbing was self-defense.

But constabulary said Ward did not person immoderate disposable injuries.

She was arrested connected an attempted execution charge.

As of Thursday morning, Ward was being held astatine the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Online jailhouse records listed her enslaved arsenic “to beryllium set.”