Police arrested a Portland woman Wednesday on charges of stabbing the 15-month-old son of her best friend and then setting a fire to destroy evidence.
Police charged Christine Courchesne, 24, with elevated aggravated assault and arson a day after Kayd'n Neves was stabbed seven times at the Brookfield Terrace apartments in Portland. His family said the toddler will survive the attack, which punctured a lung and kidney and cut his diaphragm.
"He is a very lucky one," said Tiffiny Post, 29, Kayd'n's mother.
The stabbing and the arrest of Courchesne stunned Post and her family, who are trying to understand why a close friend is now accused of stabbing a toddler she baby-sat.
Post said she and Courchesne were inseparable. They have been friends for four years and lived in the same apartment complex on Auburn Street. Kayd'n played with Courchesne's daughter, and the two women took care of each other's child.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/040722stabbing.shtml
Police charged Christine Courchesne, 24, with elevated aggravated assault and arson a day after Kayd'n Neves was stabbed seven times at the Brookfield Terrace apartments in Portland. His family said the toddler will survive the attack, which punctured a lung and kidney and cut his diaphragm.
"He is a very lucky one," said Tiffiny Post, 29, Kayd'n's mother.
The stabbing and the arrest of Courchesne stunned Post and her family, who are trying to understand why a close friend is now accused of stabbing a toddler she baby-sat.
Post said she and Courchesne were inseparable. They have been friends for four years and lived in the same apartment complex on Auburn Street. Kayd'n played with Courchesne's daughter, and the two women took care of each other's child.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/040722stabbing.shtml
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