http://www.buffalonews.com/437/story/613706.htmlNORTH TONAWANDA - Police described a city woman accused of stabbing her 28-year-old daughter Wednesday as frail but fed up enough about her daughter’s lifestyle to possibly have snapped.
Elizabeth N. Budziszewski, 50, allegedly put her pregnant daughter, Marianna E. Shucraft, in a chair, wrapped her in Saran wrap and stabbed her three times “very deeply in the chest [area]†with a hunting knife, said Capt. William Hall, chief of detectives.
Budziszewski is lucky that her daughter is still alive, Hall said Thursday.
“Issues had been building up,†Hall said of the argument that prompted a fight between the mother and daughter. Hall said Budziszewski had been the caretaker of Shucraft’s children.
Budziszewski was arraigned Thursday on charges of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. She pleaded not guilty.
City Judge William R. Lewis ordered her held in Niagara County Jail without bail.
Police said Budziszewski put the plastic wrap around her daughter’s head and face at about 10:25 a. m. Wednesday during an argument, causing her daughter to have difficulty breathing. She then stabbed her daughter with the hunting knife, Hall said.
Shucraft was taken to Erie County Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening, the police captain said. She was in stable condition on Thursday.
Budziszewski was treated at DeGraff Memorial Hospital for a cut on her hand after her arrest, Hall said.
She's a petite skinny lady but a freaking wacko and I'm glad the daughter didn't die and I hope she continues to recover.