CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A mother accused of stabbing her 3-year-old daughter and lying about it is now behind bars in Clayton County.
The Clayton County Sheriff's Department said deputies arrested Brittney Jackson late Friday night in southwest Atlanta.
Jackson is accused of stabbing the child multiple times in the legs and buttocks Tuesday at an apartment on Gardenwalk Boulevard.
The mother originally told police that two men had entered the apartment with guns looking for the child’s father and stabbed the child multiple times, according to the Sheriff's Department.
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Police spoke to a 9-year-old witness and discovered that Jackson was the main suspect.
Police said Jackson tried to elude police by not showing up to two different interviews scheduled by detectives and the Division of Family and Children Services.
The child was treated at Egleston Children's Hospital.