Daughter charged with stabbing mother in face in Jefferson City attack

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Jefferson City woman was charged Friday with domestic assault and armed criminal action for allegedly stabbing her mother in the face.

Michelle I. Ritchie, 33, was charged Friday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action in the Thursday stabbing at 221 Dover St. Police came to the home after Ritchie called 911, saying she had cut her mother's face and was sitting in a vehicle in the Target parking lot, according to a probable cause statement.

Police found blood on the kitchen floor, countertops and cabinets, along with a bloody steak knife and spoon, the statement says. The victim told officers that she tried to keep her daughter from leaving in her vehicle, and after they went back into the house, her daughter stabbed her in the face with a knife and a spoon.

Ritchie allegedly told officers that she aimed for her mother's eye in an attempt to kill her, and that she knew the assault was illegal.

Ritchie was in the Cole County Jail on Friday without bond. No hearings have been set.