Woman maces and stabs friend in chest after victim made harmless remark about 'fuzz' in her hair, police say

Inset: Cynthia D. Dear (Macon County Jail). Background: The country successful Illinois wherever Dear allegedly stabbed her person successful the thorax (Google Maps).

A 44-year-old Illinois pistillate is accused of stabbing a person successful the thorax due to the fact that the person told her she had "fuzz" successful her hair.

Cynthia Denise Dear was charged with 3 felony counts of aggravated battery, 1 for allegedly utilizing a deadly weapon, different for allegedly causing large bodily harm and a 3rd for allegedly committing the enactment successful a nationalist place, tribunal records show.

The alleged stabbing, which occurred connected the greeting of Oct. 11, began erstwhile the unfortunate commented to Dear astir her hair, Decatur Radio reported. The statement rapidly turned physical, with Dear reportedly beating, pepper-spraying and stabbing the victim.

Additional reporting by Champaign, Illinois-based CBS affiliate WCIA, citing tribunal documents, included a witnesser who told constabulary the altercation began erstwhile the unfortunate said to Dear, "Your hairsbreadth has fuzz successful it."

"[The victim] stated that she did not utter the remark successful a provoking quality oregon mean it to beryllium a mean comment. She conscionable made a comment," the study says. "[Dear] became upset with the remark [the victim] made . . [and] said thing like, 'I'm going to springiness you the soiled southbound treatment.'"

The unfortunate reportedly said she started walking backmost location erstwhile Dear got retired of the motortruck and struck her, past returned to the vehicle. As the unfortunate continued to locomotion distant from the truck, Dear allegedly returned and "maced" the unfortunate successful the backmost of the head, according to the report.

"[Dear] past jumped connected her back," constabulary wrote. "When [Dear] was connected her back, [the victim] observed [Dear] holding 'a tin of mace' and a 'silver weapon with a achromatic handle.'"

After she "shrugged" Dear disconnected her back, the unfortunate said she pinned Dear to the ground, but soon realized she had been stabbed.

A witnesser saw humor connected the victim's thorax and ran to a adjacent Burger King for help, constabulary said. A responding serviceman noted the unfortunate suffered a "fresh laceration" connected her near precocious chest.

Paramedics transported the unfortunate to a section hospital, wherever doctors stitched the wound.

Police recovered Dear successful the motortruck that evening. Inside the truck, they reportedly recovered a bloody weapon and recovered a tin of capsicum spray connected the crushed adjacent to the vehicle.

While astatine the constabulary station, Dear allegedly asked astir the victim's well-being earlier stating, "I didn't mean to stab her. It was a mistake."

Dear is being held astatine the Macon County Jail without bond, records show. She is scheduled to look successful tribunal for a preliminary proceeding connected Oct. 28.

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