8-Year-Old Stabbed Estranged Grandma Who Had Broken In and Was Allegedly Trying to Stab the Girl's Mother

An 8-year-old Florida girl stabbed her estranged grandmother when the woman broke into their home and attacked the child’s mother, police allege.

On Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, at about 3 p.m., Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call about a disturbance at a home in Orange Park, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

The caller, who turned out to be the mother of the 8-year-old, could be heard yelling for someone to leave her home.

The caller, whose name was not publicly disclosed, told deputies that she had allegedly been in a physical altercation with her estranged biological mother, Serpil Adams, 62, who showed up to her home uninvited.

The caller was home with her two young children when Adams came into the home through an unlocked door and allegedly attacked the caller with a serrated utility knife, the statement said.

“While attempting to protect her mother, the victim’s 8-year-old daughter retrieved a kitchen knife and stabbed Adams in the upper arm,” the statement alleges.

Adams fled the scene in her vehicle and returned to Jacksonville, where she had been staying with a friend, say authorities.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office located Adams inside the friend’s residence, and she was taken into custody without incident.

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Neither the caller nor her children were injured during the incident.

It is unclear why Adams allegedly went to her daughter’s home and tried to stab her.

Arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 18, Adams is charged with second-degree attempted murder. 

She is being held in the Clay County jail on a $500,003 bond, according to online jail records. It is unclear whether she has retained an attorney who can speak on her behalf.

She is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 16.