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A Pennsylvania father, aged 44, was taken into custody last week following allegations of stabbing his 3-month-old infant.
According to a Facebook announcement from the Chester County District Attorney’s Office, Michael Phillips from Coatesville has been charged with Attempted Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and other related offenses after allegedly attacking his baby. The City of Coatesville Police Department collaborated with the District Attorney’s Office on the arrest.
Details from an affidavit by Detective Corporal Kirt Guyer of the City of Coatesville Police Department revealed that the child’s mother, Dominique Cialini, reported that Michael Phillips had mentioned a need to sacrifice their baby.
The affidavit states that Cialini recounted an incident where she was in her bedroom with their infant when Phillips allegedly stared at her with a blank expression, remarking about the necessity of sacrificing the child. More information can be found in the affidavit.
A report from WTXF also confirms that a Pennsylvania father is facing charges after allegedly attacking his young child.
“She said the Defendant then came at her and started stabbing the baby. She said he tried stabbing the baby several times, but only stabbed him once. She then ran out of the house with the baby and her 9-year-old son. She told the 9-year-old to run and get someone to call 911. The Defendant followed her out of the house and ripped the baby out of her arms. She said she thought he was going to kill the baby when he grabbed him. He eventually threw the baby in the snow. She said she laid on top of the baby in the snow and she saw his guts. She thought her baby was dead,” the affidavit noted.
The affidavit reported that the baby suffered “at least one deep stab wound in the abdomen,” and the mother suffered “lacerations to fingers on her right hand.”
Michael Phillips was arrested after allegedly stabbing his baby. (WTXF)
She told authorities that she believed Phillips “was having a psychotic episode, but was also known to abuse drugs,” the affidavit noted.Â
The woman “said she saw the Defendant holding the babies feet with a knife in his hand and that is when she picked up the baby. Then the Defendant started stabbing the baby.”
Phillips said “this was all part of God’s plan” and “I did it God, I did it,” according to the affidavit.
The Coatsville Police Department indicated last week that the baby was “in the ICU at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is listed in critical but stable condition.” The child’s current condition was unclear as of Monday.
A 44-year-old father allegedly stabbed his infant child in Pennsylvania. (WTXF)
Fox News Digital reached out to the district attorney’s office and to the police department on Monday to request an update on the situation.