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Mom Stabs Son To Death With Kitchen Knife This is so sad. According to Tampa Bay Times: Sherry Ford heard screams coming from outside her home Friday evening and stepped out the front door. On the sidewalk across the street, a woman held her 4-year-old son in her arms. His head rested against her shoulder, his bottom was cupped in her hands. The boy didn’t move. The mother held a kitchen knife. “Let him go, let him go, let him go,” said the boy’s grandmother, who stood next to the woman and child. The mother responded by pressing the knife against her son’s ribs, Ford said. Neighbors flagged down nearby police officers, who arrived and saw the boy was significantly injured. Officers told the woman to hand over the child. She laid him on the grass. The officers took her into custody and began treating the boy. Police said he suffered multiple stab wounds inflicted by his mother, Tasha Trotter, 40. Investigators on Friday night were trying to sort out why Trotter killed her son. She refused to talk to detectives and later was taken to the Pinellas County Jail on a first-degree murder charge. Police said family members told investigators that she has a history of mental illness and has been in and out of several treatment facilities. If her mental illness was better treated, maybe this senseless tragedy could have been avoided. Shutterstock Continue reading →