OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said a 12-year-old child called 911 after her mother was stabbed by her stepfather.
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On Jan. 5, around 2:58 a.m., deputies said they responded to a home for a stabbing.
A 12-year-old child called and said her stepfather was armed with a knife, and her mother, Enese Pierre, was stabbed and bleeding.
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Deputies said they did a forced entry into the home and found Makinson Devalcin, wearing a tank top and yellow shorts, face down on the ground at the entrance of a bedroom.
Officials said Devalcin had a shallow stabbing to his neck, and they began to render aid.
OCSO said Devalcin was unconscious but still showed signs of life.
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Deputies said they entered the bedroom and found a woman lying on the bed and was covered in blood.
Officials said there was a knife lying on the ground beside the left side of the bed covered in blood.
Investigators said the woman appeared to have a fatal stabbing wound to her neck.
Devalcin was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for the first-degree murder of Pierre.
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