Sarasota Mom Tried to Kill Daughter, 6, Court Finds

SARASOTA, FL — A Sarasota woman has been found guilty of attempting kill her own 6-year-old daughter by stabbing and drowning.

Ashley Parker, 31, was found guilty on four felony charges Friday afternoon. Those charges are attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon, two counts of aggravated child abuse and one count of resisting an officer with violence.

Sentencing in Parker’s case is scheduled for Nov. 2, 2016, at 9 a.m. court records indicate.

Parker was arrested following a June 26, 2015, incident in the 2100 block of Leon Avenue. According to Sarasota Police, officers were called out to help EMTs after a 6-year-old girl had been stabbed and held under water.

The girl was taken to All Children’s Hospital and later recovered from her injuries, police said. Her mother, however, was brought into custody, charged in the attack.

"The outcome on this case is a result the hard work and dedication by lead Detective Maria Llovio, Patrol Officers Ken Goebel and Steve Mayforth and our entire Criminal Investigations Team including our criminalistics unit,” said Capt. Corinne Stannish of the Sarasota Police Department following the conviction. “This case also had the outcome it did thanks to our partnership with the State Attorney's Office and prosecutors Andrea McHugh and Karen Fraivillig.”

2015 booking photo of Ashley Parker courtesy of the Sarasota Police Department