Police: Woman repeatedly stabs sleeping mother in neck
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ROCHESTER, Wash. - A 23-year-old woman repeatedly stabbed her own mother in the neck as she lay in her bed early Sunday morning, then fled from the home, says the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies arrested the missing daughter, identified as Amanda Lee Bassell, at an abandoned house at Grand Mound later in the day.
The drama unfolded Sunday just before 4:30 a.m. when the mother, a 42-year-old Rochester woman, awakened as she was being attacked by her daughter, said Lt. Greg Elwin, spokesman for the Thurston County sheriff.
During the attack, the mother was stabbed in and around the neck multiple times, Elwin said.
The mother was finally able to fend off her daughter and flee the bedroom - only to collapse in another area of the house. Meanwhile, the daughter left the house and she was gone when deputies and medics arrived.
The victim is now in stable condition at Providence St. Peter Hospital and will be undergoing surgery for her injuries.
Bassell has a criminal history and was recently released from state Department of Corrections custody.
Deputies arrested the missing daughter, identified as Amanda Lee Bassell, at an abandoned house at Grand Mound later in the day.
The drama unfolded Sunday just before 4:30 a.m. when the mother, a 42-year-old Rochester woman, awakened as she was being attacked by her daughter, said Lt. Greg Elwin, spokesman for the Thurston County sheriff.
During the attack, the mother was stabbed in and around the neck multiple times, Elwin said.
The mother was finally able to fend off her daughter and flee the bedroom - only to collapse in another area of the house. Meanwhile, the daughter left the house and she was gone when deputies and medics arrived.
The victim is now in stable condition at Providence St. Peter Hospital and will be undergoing surgery for her injuries.
Bassell has a criminal history and was recently released from state Department of Corrections custody.
