An Orange County man was arrested after allegedly stabbing his young son in the neck with a screwdriver.
Christopher Lee Kearns, 28, of Santa Ana is accused of stabbing his 8-year-old son several times with a screwdriver and slashing him in the hands with a knife while the boy was visiting him at a sober living facility, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
On Feb. 10, the boy visited Kearns at the facility he was staying in. The boy’s mother and stepfather arrived at the facility to pick him up and waited outside on the facility’s driveway.
That’s when authorities said Kearns took the boy into his room at the facility and placed the boy on his lap to talk about God.
He allegedly told the boy that he would “send him home to God” before placing his hand over the boy’s mouth and nose to keep him from yelling for help.
He then attacked the boy with a screwdriver and knife while he held him down on the bed, according to court documents.
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