MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 36-year-old woman is facing an attempted murder charge months after authorities say she stabbed her boyfriend during a dispute on Valentine’s Day in Miami-Dade County’s Brownsville neighborhood.
Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the suspect, Bentoria King, was arrested Thursday in connection with the stabbing.
According to an arrest report, the stabbing occurred around 4:20 p.m. Feb. 14 near the intersection of Northwest 51st Street and Northwest 21st Avenue.
Investigators said King and the victim, who were previously in a relationship and had lived together but are now homeless, got into an argument over a Valentine’s Day gift.
The dispute escalated when deputies said King allegedly armed herself with a silver homemade knife and stabbed the victim “multiple times throughout his body.”
They said the victim suffered puncture wounds to the left side of his neck and back, the top of his head, and a laceration behind his right ear. He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he underwent surgery, the report states.
Deputies said King fled the scene on a bicycle before officers arrived at the scene. They also confirmed that portions of the incident were captured on surveillance video and on cellphone video.
On Thursday, deputies said they located King at an Extended Stay America Premier Suites in Doral and took her into custody.
After being read her rights, King admitted to being involved in an altercation with the victim but denied stabbing him, according to the report.
King’s arrest report did not specify what the gift was before the reported stabbing occurred.
Jail records show she is facing one count of attempted felony murder causing injury.
As of Friday morning, she was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. She was also ordered to stay away from the victim.
Records also show she was previously arrested on charges of child neglect without great bodily harm and committing or engaging in prostitution.
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