Florida Mom Chained Son's Hands, Stabbed Him, Police Say

(ABCNEWS.com)

A Florida mother was arrested today after police alleged she chained her 7-year-old son's hands together as he slept and repeatedly stabbed him in the chest.

Maisa Alvarez, 42, was arrested after authorities responded to a call at her Lake Wales, Fla., home at 8:14 a.m. this morning.

Investigators determined the unidentified 7-year-old victim awoke when Alvarez was allegedly chaining his hands together. She then repeatedly stabbed her son in the chest, police said.

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"The child began trying to defend himself by blocking the attack and as a result also received defensive wounds to his arms," the Lake Wales Police Department said in a statement.

The victim was airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital where he is in stable condition. None of the boy's stab wounds are life threatening, according to a report sent from the hospital to police.

No motive has been established.

Alvarez was booked into Polk County Jail on charges of attempted murder and aggravated child abuse.