A Montgomery Village father is facing a long road to recovery after a brutal stabbing attack that occurred while he was walking with his young daughter. Joseph Love Carter was stabbed on the morning of July 31, 2025, near the 18300 block of Lost Knife Circle. The community has jumped in to help, creating a GoFundMe fundraiser to help him in his time of need.
According to a public Facebook post shared by Carter, he was walking with his daughter when a person approached them from behind. Carter said that after the assailant said some words, the man pulled out a knife and lunged at him. In a heroic act of parental instinct, Carter pushed his daughter out of harm’s way, leaving himself exposed to the attack. He described seeing “blood pouring out of my body and falling to the floor” before he was able to create distance.
The victim’s daughter, who has autism, witnessed the entire traumatic event. However, Carter expressed immense gratitude and relief that she was unharmed, noting that she miraculously knew to run away and find him. “I was the happiest man in the world when I saw her running towards me,” he wrote…