North Carolina Mother Stabs 2-Month-Old Infant In Head During Fight With Husband, Charged

An infant was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver during a fight between the parents. The incident took place in Wilson, North Carolina, on Wednesday (May 27).

Wilson County sheriff’s deputies arrived at a home around 5 a.m. and found a 2-month-old infant bleeding. The baby was rushed to a local hospital. Medical tests revealed the infant had suffered a skull fracture, following which the baby was placed in the intensive care unit.

Investigation revealed that the infant was stabbed during a fight between the parents, 21-year-old Angel Marie Webb and 21-year-old Eusebio Munoz Jr. It was revealed that the mother attempted to stab the father with a screwdriver while he was holding the baby. The mother accidentally stabbed the infant in the head instead.

Following investigation, Webb was taken into custody and charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. She was also charged with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. Munoz was also arrested and charged with misdemeanor child abuse. Both of them were released from jail on a $5,000 bond.

The incident comes weeks after a Maryland man stabbed his son. The 11-year-old boy rushed to his neighbor’s home to get help following which the neighbor alerted the police. Officers arrived and rushed the boy to a local hospital after they noticed a puncture wound on the victim’s upper body. Investigation revealed the boy was stabbed by his father. When the officers attempted to arrest the father, he resisted arrest and injured one of the officers. He was eventually taken into custody.

In another incident in May, a Michigan woman was arrested for fatally stabbing her 3-year-old son. Police responded to a home and found the boy lying in a pool of blood with a stab wound to his chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigation revealed that the victim lived with his mother, who was last seen five days before the boy was found dead. Following a search, the woman was arrested from a hotel and charged with premeditated murder, murder, child abuse, and torture.