Woman Instructed 10-Year-Old Via Roblox To Drop Infant And Kill Guardians, Sheriff Says
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The girl told investigators she was terrified of Tara Alexis Sykes, 36, and that she believed Sykes would kill her if she did not follow instructions.
A Florida woman was arrested Friday and accused of instructing her 10-year-old relative, via messages in an online video game, to drop a 2-month-old on a tile floor and kill her adult guardians, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office announced.
Tara Alexis Sykes, 36, was charged with attempted murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse in connection to the messages. The girl told investigators that she was terrified of Sykes and believed that if she did not follow the instructions, Sykes would kill her, authorities said. The adults were ultimately not harmed, but the 2-month-old boy was injured.
The sheriff’s office began investigating on Oct. 17, when they received a report from a nonprofit serving child abuse victims that the infant had suffered a skull fracture on Sept. 26 after the girl dropped him.
Detectives learned that the 10-year-old was speaking with Sykes, who is a relative, through the online game platform Roblox at the time of the incident, according to an arrest report obtained by HuffPost. The 10-year-old told investigators that she created the Roblox account for Sykes, the arrest report said.
Investigators said Sykes instructed the girl to kill the 2-month-old in various ways, including by drowning him, burning him with scalding water and dropping him on the floor, according to the report.
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