Posted on 01/30/2026 10:01:17 AM PST by simpson96
PENSACOLA, Fla. (TCN) -- A woman has accepted a plea deal in an attempted murder case in which she allegedly instructed a child on how to kill a newborn.
WEAR reports Tara Sykes, 37, had three homicide charges and one charge of child cruelty dropped as part of her deal. She pleaded no contest to a charge of child neglect and was sentenced to 11 months and 30 days in county jail, with 462 days credit for time served.
On Oct. 18, 2024, Sykes was arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly instructing a 10-year-old to drop a 2-month-old baby onto a tile floor to kill them. The infant suffered serious injuries after being dropped and police were notified, WEAR reported at the time.
During the investigation, it was discovered that the 10-year-old and Sykes were communicating on Roblox, an online gaming platform. Deputies alleged Sykes told the child how to kill the infant through various methods such as drowning before telling them to drop the baby on the floor.
Sykes also allegedly told the child to kill the adults they were temporarily living with by cutting their throats and burning the house down, according to WEAR. Roblox allegedly told WEAR it had no proof the conversation took place on its platform.
Sykes remains held without bond in connection with an unrelated child neglect case, WEAR reports. She and her husband allegedly allowed a 20-year-old man to continue to live in the home after learning he had impregnated her 14-year-old daughter.
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Please remove them from my planet forthwith.
I bet she has a dandy of an excuse. Evil squared
I wonder sometimes if we’ve always had crazies like this, and they just have more and wider outlets now...or they were just less inclined to expose themselves in the past for various reasons.
And if she can not do it herself she will get other people to do it.
There is something wrong with her and her husband and there is no fixing it.
I still would like to hear her “reasoning”. I’m sure it will revolve around “my mental health” which is their excuse for everything.
The interconnectedness of our past society would have ferreted these people out.
They would have been known by the people of their neighborhood, by their cousins, by the people at their church, by the people at the market where they shopped, etc....
This person would have been identified as a psycho and institutionalized 50 years ago.
Our new lack of a cohesive society allows these monsters to lurk in the shadows and hurt normal people when they have the chance.
Pro Life Ping ~~let me know if you want on/off this ping list
Failed abortion clinic worker?
Pronto!
This “woman” is bad enough, looking like someone poured a jar of strawberry preserves all over her head and rubbed it in. What kind of 10 year old child was she talking to, and why did a child that dangerously stupid have access to somebody’s newborn?
(On Oct. 18, 2024, Sykes was arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly instructing a 10-year-old to drop a 2-month-old baby onto a tile floor to kill them. The infant suffered serious injuries after being dropped and police were notified,)
Yikes 😳😳😳
Child is dangerous.
And it sounds like ten year old Child is in foster care.
Possibly because Child is dangerous.
Possessed by Satan’s demons.
People look at Roblox and think its a lego game. Its a platform for “strangers” to communicate with their children.
good Grief, she even looks the part.
Kind of surprised at such a lenient sentence.
The panhandle is generally a very conservative area.
Keep pushing the anti- psychotic drugs as cures, docs. They work a bit, but the underlying brain defects(whatever they are) linger on.
Watch your kids. Satan is seeking to devour.
A slap on the wrist for these kind of egregious types of crime tha deserve more than what was metted out.
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