NJ horror: Woman charged with stabbing 2-year-old brother

🚨Police say a 2-year-old boy suffered a stab wound to the chest inside a Brick home.

🚨Sister charged with attempted murder

🚨The circumstances of the stabbing were not disclosed

BRICK — A township woman was charged with attempted murder after her 2-year-old brother was found stabbed on Saturday afternoon.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said the toddler was found with a stab wound in his chest at 2:30 pm. The boy was taken from the home on Burke Lane to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition on Sunday.

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Sister accused of attempted murder

Investigators said the toddler's sister, Marlene Rodriguez, 20, was responsible for the stabbing. She was arrested and charged with attempted murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and endangering the welfare of a child. Rodriguez is being held at the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.

According to the complaint in the case the boy was left in the care of his sister, Marlene Rodriguez, 20, while their parents went grocery shopping.  Rodriguez used a butcher knife to stab her brother causing a punctured lung and cardiac wall.

Rodriquez made her initial court appearance and will return on Thursday.

Billhimer nor the complaint disclosed what prompted the stabbing.

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