Mother stabbed her 10-month-old baby to death and chased man down driveway with 'fixed blade knife': Deputies

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Ciara Frederick

Background: The Buncombe County Detention Facility successful Asheville, North Carolina (Google Maps). Inset: Ciara Frederick (Buncombe County Detention Facility).

A pistillate successful agrarian North Carolina is accused of stabbing her 10-month-old babe and chasing a antheral down the home's driveway with a "fixed leaf knife."

Ciara Frederick, 34, has been charged with first-degree murder and battle with a deadly weapon, Buncombe County jailhouse records reviewed by Law&Crime show. She was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility connected Thursday nether nary bond.

On that day, Frederick was astatine a location connected Rocala Drive successful Barnardsville, North Carolina, with her young son, Enoch Chappell, the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office said. The country is successful the rural, mountainous occidental portion of the authorities astir 20 miles northbound of Asheville.

Her listed code successful tribunal records is successful Barnardsville but not connected Rocala Drive.

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At immoderate point, Frederick allegedly stabbed her lad "multiple" times. The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office reported arriving with exigency unit to the location astatine astir 2 p.m. and uncovering Enoch suffering from the wounds.

He was brought to an country infirmary wherever helium was pronounced dead.

"Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone impacted by this tragedy," Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller said. "Members of the Barnardsville Fire Department and Buncombe County EMS did everything they could to prevention this child's life, and for that we are grateful. Our hearts are broken."

According to an apprehension warrant for Frederick, she attacked a antheral with a "fixed leaf knife" portion "chasing" him down the Rocala Drive house's driveway.

Frederick was arrested. She was scheduled to marque her archetypal quality successful tribunal connected Friday and past is acceptable to instrumentality connected April 16.

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