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Background: The Buncombe County Detention Facility in Asheville, North Carolina (Google Maps). Inset: Ciara Frederick (Buncombe County Detention Facility).
According to Buncombe County jail records reviewed by Law&Crime, 34-year-old Ciara Frederick faces charges of first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. She was taken into custody at the Buncombe County Detention Facility on Thursday and is being held without bond.
The events unfolded at a residence on Rocala Drive in Barnardsville, North Carolina, where Frederick was present with her infant son, Enoch Chappell. This information was confirmed by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. Barnardsville is located approximately 20 miles north of Asheville, nestled in the state’s rural, mountainous region.
Court documents list Frederick’s address as being in Barnardsville, although it differs from the Rocala Drive location.
Her listed address in court records is in Barnardsville but not on Rocala Drive.
At some point, Frederick allegedly stabbed her son “multiple” times. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office reported arriving with emergency personnel to the home at about 2 p.m. and finding Enoch suffering from the wounds.
He was brought to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
“Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone impacted by this tragedy,” Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller said. “Members of the Barnardsville Fire Department and Buncombe County EMS did everything they could to save this child’s life, and for that we are grateful. Our hearts are broken.”
According to an arrest warrant for Frederick, she attacked a man with a “fixed blade knife” while “chasing” him down the Rocala Drive house’s driveway.
Frederick was arrested. She was scheduled to make her first appearance in court on Friday and then is set to return on April 16.