Florida State Police arrested a 36-year-old woman. instructed Her 10-year-old daughter dropped her baby on her head, killing her and seriously injuring her.
Escambia County Sheriff's Office said Tara Alexis Sykes was arrested Thursday after being contacted by Gulf Coast Kids House for seriously injuring a 2-month-old infant, a Facebook post said.
“I've been in law enforcement for over 40 years and I've never seen anything like this.”
The baby was dropped head-first onto the tile floor, and police determined the child was directed to do so by Sykes through the Roblox game's social media features. Police said Sykes listed various ways the girl could have killed her baby, including drowning in the bathtub, being burned with boiling water or dropping the baby on her head.
Sykes also allegedly instructed the child to kill two foster parents with whom the child was temporarily living.
Sykes taught a 10-year-old boy how to kill the adult he was temporarily living with by cutting his throat with a knife while he was sleeping, spraying aerosol spray on his bed sheets and setting the house on fire. was. fire. The 10-year-old boy wet the sheets but was unable to carry out instructions.
The baby suffered a skull fracture, but is expected to survive.
Sheriff Chip W. Simmons said he was “truly disturbed” by the allegations in the case.
“I have been in law enforcement for over 40 years and have never seen anything like this,” Simmons said in a statement. “There's really something wrong with her.”
Sykes is being held without bail, and a sheriff's office spokeswoman said she does not expect her daughter to face any charges. The woman was charged with attempted murder with aggravated child abuse.
Experts are warning parents to monitor their children on social media and limit their use to prevent access from child predators. In one incident in 2023, a Delaware man allegedly kidnapped an 11-year-old girl from her New Jersey home after interacting with her on Roblox.
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