A mother is blaming postpartum depression for an alleged knife attack on one of her children.
Samantha Root, 34, of Lady Lake, is facing charges of aggravated child abuse and battery following her arrest this past week by Lady Lake police.
Root, who has five children in addition to a newborn baby, was apparently angry when she confronted one of her children in the bathroom. She was reportedly armed with a kitchen knife. She stabbed the child in the left leg, which began “bleeding heavily.” There was blood “everywhere” in the bathroom. One of the child’s siblings helped clean off the blood and used a bandage to put pressure on the wound, the report said.
When questioned, Root initially denied using a knife. She said she had “poked” the child with a pencil. She also told police she was being treated for postpartum depression. She also claimed the child who had been injured had a history of being unruly and uncooperative…