Mother Charged with Attempted Murder of 3-Year-Old Daughter

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MARYLAND — Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police have charged Anne Catherine Akers, age 28, of the 13000 block of Hathaway Drive in the Wheaton-Glenmont area, with the attempted murder of her three-year-old daughter.

On Saturday, around 10:50 a.m., 911 received a call from Akers’ father who stated that he had arrived at Akers’ home and observed blood on the floor of the home. He said that he immediately left the house and called 911.

Officers responded and entered the home and sawblood and a pair of scissors on the floor.

Officers located Akers on a bedroom floor suffering from a cut to her neck; they began to assess her injuries. Officers removed a blanket Akers was holding and saw her three-year-old daughter with a gruesome, life-threatening laceration to her neck. Officers immediately began life-saving measures on the child. Fire and Rescue arrived and transported Akers to a local hospital with serious injuries. A Maryland State Police helicopter transported Akers’ daughter to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Physicians who treated Akers’ daughter at the hospital said to detectives that in their opinion, without the officers’ immediate life-saving actions, the three-year-old’s injuries would have been fatal.

“We gotta thank the police for their prompt actions here,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said. “Some people stepped up and did the right thing. This child is alive because of that.”

Detectives have charged Akers with one count of attempted second-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, and one count of first-degree child abuse. She is being held without bond.

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