CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A 31-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed her 3-year-old daughter multiple times has been taken into custody, according to the Clayton County Sheriff's Office.
According to a release from the sheriff's office, Clayton County Police responded to a report of a child stabbed on Tuesday, July 23, at an apartment in the 700 block of Garden Walk Boulevard. When they arrived, they discovered a 3-year-old girl who had been stabbed multiple times in the groin and buttocks areas.
The girl's mother, Brittney Jackson, told officers that two males had entered the apartment with guns looking for the child's father and stabbed the child multiple times.
Hill said that officers and detectives sensed something was not right with Jackson's story and began to probe deeper. He said that her story began to change and conflict with her initial 911 call.
The Clayton County Police Department said that on July 25, they worked with a group known as Rainbow House Forensic interviewers who spoke with the child and a 9-year-old witness. The department secured warrants for Jackson's arrest the next day, a police spokesperson said.
The sheriff's office said detectives waited for her to appear at a Division of Family and Children Services interview but she never showed up.
The sheriff's office said that its Fugitive Squad was then tasked with finding her. The Fugitive Squad investigators worked with police detectives and determined that Jackson was trying to use family and friends to evade authorities.
According to Hill, shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, Jackson was located at a home in southwest Atlanta and taken into custody without incident.
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