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A North Carolina mother, who is expecting another child, was reportedly attacked while retrieving her child from her car. An alleged repeat offender approached her in a parking lot and stabbed her with a steak knife, according to local authorities.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) has taken Marvina Butler-Hardy into custody in connection with the incident. The attack occurred on March 18 outside a Harris Teeter grocery store in the Cotswold area.
Thankfully, the pregnant woman endured injuries that were not life-threatening, and she is anticipated to recover fully.
Investigators believe this violent incident was likely random, as there is no evidence to suggest that the suspect and the victim were previously acquainted or had any prior interactions.
The accused, Marvina Butler-Hardy, who had been released from prison in April 2025, is alleged to have attacked the 38-year-old victim with a steak knife outside the Charlotte, North Carolina supermarket.
Authorities allege that Butler approached the female victim at the popular grocery chain at approximately 11:30 a.m.
The 38-year-old pregnant woman told WSOC-TV she was getting her toddler out of her car when the woman who pulled out of the space behind her stopped her car, got out, cursed at her, and attacked her with a knife.
“I was facing my toddler, getting him out of his seat, and thankfully turned around, and she was coming at me with a steak knife,” the victim, who asked not to be identified, told the local outlet.
“I pushed and kicked and screamed, and thankfully I think that scared her off,” she said.
The victim was stabbed in the sternum, but she and her unborn child are OK, WSOC-TV reported.
Marvina Butler-Hardy, who was released from prison in April 2025, allegedly attacked the 38-year-old victim with a steak knife outside a Harris Teeter in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department)
Following the seemingly random attack, CMPD released surveillance video of the suspect, later identified as Butler, and a “Be On The Lookout” for her vehicle.
On Monday, a Florida State Highway Patrol trooper spotted a silver Hyundai traveling south on I-95.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department requested help locating the suspect’s car – a silver Hyundai. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department)
The trooper pulled Butler over on I-95 and she gave him an ID card instead of a license and when asked why, she said her license was suspended, WSOC-TV reported. The trooper provided the name of the woman he pulled over to another trooper who confirmed she was the suspect in the Cotswold stabbing.
Butler was arrested on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on an unborn child. She is being held in the Flagler County Jail until she is extradited to Mecklenburg County.
Repeat offender Marvina Butler-Hardy, accused of stabbing a pregnant woman outside a Charlotte grocery store, was arrested by a Florida trooper on I-95 after a multistate search. (Flagler County Jail)
According to arrest records reviewed by Fox News Digital, Butler has a lengthy criminal history.
Records show she has nine prior convictions — six felonies and three misdemeanors — largely tied to theft-related offenses, along with more recent felony convictions for firearm possession and misconduct while in custody.
She was most recently released from prison in April 2025 and completed post-release supervision in January 2026.
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