Woman accused of blinding 83-year-old with soap, then stabbing victim multiple times
By Allison Petro, Madilyn Destefano
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OCALA, Florida (WESH) — An Ocala woman was arrested after she allegedly stabbed an 83-year-old, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies identified the suspect as 45-year-old Jennifer Michelle Gill.
On Saturday, deputies responded to reports of a stabbing at a home. They were told that the victim, an 83-year-old, had been stabbed multiple times with a knife. He sustained 7 cuts to the back of the head, one on the back of his left shoulder, two cuts on his right hand and three cuts on the other, the arrest affidavit said.
The victim’s wife drove him to the hospital after the attack. The victim’s wife is also Gill’s mother, according to the arrest affidavit.
The reports also claimed that Gill had fled the scene with the weapon. Deputies said they located Gill about 1 1/2 miles from the home and took her into custody.
During the investigation, deputies learned that Gill entered the kitchen and sprayed soapy water in the victim’s eyes before the stabbing.
Gill later admitted to the attack and said she wished the knives had been sharper, according to deputies.
The defendant’s mother, also known as the victim’s wife, told deputies she does not know why her daughter would do this, but that her daughter “hates the victim for unknown reasons,” the report said.
When Gill was asked what her motive was, she told deputies it had been “a lot of years of things building up.”
Gill also alluded to the victim causing “a lot of pain for people” and that she “didn’t want to have to do it,” the arrest affidavit said.
After stabbing the victim, Gill took his cane and began to hit him with that as well.
Gill was arrested and is being held without bond in the Marion County Jail. She was charged with attempted first-degree murder.
According to the report, the victim is in stable condition.
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