Mother seeks protection for stabbed teen in ICU as suspect remains at large

The mother of a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed around 25 times and remains hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the New Amsterdam Hospital is now calling for security at the facility, fearing for her daughter’s safety as the 28-year-old suspect in the attack remains at large.

Tiana Chapman of Heathburn Village, East Bank Berbice (EBB), was attacked on February 22. The man accused of carrying out the attack is reportedly the father of the teen’s 18-month-old child.

Chapman remains a patient in the ICU, where doctors continue to monitor her condition.

Her mother, Adacia Andrews, said the teenager’s condition has improved since the incident, but she remains under close observation.

“She’s stable now. She wasn’t stable before, but she’s stable now. I could say for now, because she’s in ICU and you don’t get much time in there. So, she’s just stable for now.”

Family members had initially told this publication  that the teen does not live with the suspect and that the young woman was at a friend’s house within the village when the incident occurred. The mother, who was out of the area at the time, said she first learned of the attack while at work after receiving a call urging her to check on her daughter.

The mother explained that when she became aware that her daughter was involved with the adult, she reached out to Childcare Protection Agency for assistance in dealing with the situation.

She added that she was unaware that the girl was pregnant, until she was five months into the pregnancy – at which the teen dropped out of school.

“When I found out she was pregnant, she was already five months and change. We took her to the welfare and she attended all the sessions. They said they would contact me and that the man would be charged with rape, but they never came back and told me anything. Since 2024, they never came back,” the mother said.

Meanwhile, with the suspect still at large, the woman said she fears for her daughter’s safety while she remains hospitalised.

“For now, we hear that he’s around the place, so I ask for security at the hospital because we don’t know where the young man is. So, we ask for security at the ICU until she moves to the ward because we don’t know where this boy is.”

Police have launched an investigation into the incident as efforts continue to locate the suspect.