Sarasota Mom Who Stabbed Daughter, 6, Sentenced

SARASOTA, FL — The Sarasota woman found guilty in September on four felony counts related to a 2015 attack on her 6-year-old daughter will serve 40 years behind bars.

Ashley Parker, 31, was sentenced to 40 years for attempted murder and 40 years for aggravated child abuse on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The sentences will be served concurrently, according to information released by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. Parker was found guilty on four felony charges back on Sept. 23. Those charges are attempted first degree murder with a deadly weapon, two counts of aggravated child abuse and resisting arrest with violence.

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 September 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