Tara Alexis Sykes, 36, has been arrested on an attempted murder charge, per police A Florida woman is under arrest after police say she instructed a child to drop an infant on the floor and slit the throats of adults in a household before burning the victims.

Tara Alexis Sykes was taken into custody on Friday and charged with attempted murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse.

A woman instructed a 10-year-old child to drop a 2-month-old baby on a solid tile floor in an attempt to end the baby’s life, according to authorities. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said Tara Alexis Sykes,

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office this morning released details about what officials are calling a “disturbing attempted homicide arrest.”

Tara Sykes allegedly also told the child to drown and scold the infant with boiling water, and to slit the throats of the adults they were living with

Sykes began communicating with the 10-year-old through Roblox, an online game with a messaging feature, and gave the child directions for how to kill a 2-month-old baby and other adults in the home where the child was temporarily living, deputies said.

I have been in law enforcement for over 40 years and have never seen anything quite like this," the county's sheriff said.

The girl told investigators she was terrified of Tara Alexis Sykes, 36, and that she believed Sykes would kill her if she did not follow instructions.

A Florida woman allegedly used the online gaming platform Roblox to instruct a 10-year-old to kill a 2-month-old infant by dropping it on a tile floor, The Independent reported. Tara Sykes, 36, who reportedly connected with the child over Roblox’s built-in social media,