YORK, Pa. — UPDATE (April 24): The 5-year-old child was discharged from the hospital on Thursday and police said she is expected to make a full recovery.
The child is now in the care of her grandmother.
PREVIOUS: Police have charged a 30-year-old York woman with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare of a child after she allegedly stabbed her five-year-old daughter Wednesday morning.
Cierra Monigy Allen, of the first block of W. Maple St., was charged after an investigation that began when York City Police were dispatched to York Hospital at 8:05 a.m., police say. The victim was brought to the hospital by a relative after sustaining multiple stab wounds, according to police.
The relative told police that when she arrived at Allen's home, she found the victim on a couch, bleeding from multiple wounds to her stomach.
"The victim told (the relative) 'Mommy did it,'" police say in the criminal complaint affidavit.
Another relative told police they witnessed Allen stabbing the girl while the girl pleaded with her to stop, according to the complaint.
Staff at the hospital told police the girl had sustained stab wounds to her stomach and back.
The victim was airlifted to Hershey Medical Center, where she is listed in critical condition, according to police. She allegedly told staff at Hershey Medical Center that her mother tried to kill her, according to police.
York City Police Commissioner Michael Muldrow issued the following statement after Allen's arrest:
"Our Department would like to ask you to join us in prayer as we plead for the strength and recovery of that beautiful little girl (as she continues to fight for her life), love and support to the family (as they work through this tragedy), and peace-of-mind to all the officers, emergency workers, medical personnel and school staff who responded to this incident."
