Deputies: Florida Woman Attempts to Kill Infant With Rock
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MARATHON, Fla. -- A 19-year-old Florida Keys woman has been charged with attempting to murder a two-month-old child.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says a video obtained by investigators with the Department of Children and Families shows Elizabeth Garcia trying to hit the child with a rock.
The video reportedly shows Garcia holding the child in one arm and with a piece of concrete in her other hand. When she tried to strike the child, two men nearby were able to stop her.
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Deputies say they were called to Garcia's home in Marathon the same date as the incident, Aug. 18. She allegedly pulled out a knife in a confrontation with deputies and was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
Authorities say no one at the time mentioned the incident with the child.