GCSO: Two infants in critical condition after mother stabbed them

Two Gadsden County infants are in critical condition after their mother allegedly stabbed them this afternoon.

Details of the incident are sparse, but Gadsden County Sheriff’s Sgt. Anglie Hightower said the children – an 8-month-old and an 18-month-old – have been transported to a hospital in Tallahassee.

The 18-month-old went into surgery at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tuesday.

The mother, who was later identified as Carolyn Denise Brown, 32, was detained and taken to The Apalachee Center, a mental health facility in Tallahassee, by the Quincy Police Department.

Brown is now being held at the Leon County Jail on unrelated charges and pending charges from GCSO on two counts of attempted murder.

GCSO was called to the Havana Highway home at about 2:45 p.m. Hightower said it was unclear how long before that call the stabbings happened.

As of Tuesday evening, investigators were still processing the crime scene.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is assisting with the investigation.





