Police: Aunt blinded boy, 12, with dagger

[Herman Munster]

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A 12-year-old autistic, mute boy was stabbed in both eyes by his aunt in their Lauderhill home early Friday, Lauderhill police said.

''The preliminary prognosis is that the child is going to be blind after this,'' said Lt. Rick Rocco, spokesman for the Lauderhill Police Department.

The aunt also stabbed her own eye with the same military-type dagger, Rocco said.

Family members waited to report the incident that occurred at 8501 NW 53rd St., said Lt. Jeff Levy of Lauderhill Fire Rescue.

''We were told that the incident occurred at 1 a.m., but we were not notified until 11 a.m.,'' Levy said.

The boy and his aunt were taken to Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.

The woman, who faces attempted murder charges, gave police no explanation for the stabbing. Police say the boy's grandmother was his primary caretaker.