Neighbors and friends of 65-year-old Maritza Yauger, the Bronx woman accused of stabbing her 7-year-old granddaughter, are struggling to comprehend how the seemingly doting grandmother could commit such a brutal attack.
Yauger would pamper her granddaughter at the local beauty parlor, show her off to neighbors, and spoil her with sweets when the girl visited from New Jersey, locals said.
They recalled Yauger as someone who loved her granddaughter very much, adored her, and would even bring workers at the neighborhood grocery store arepas, a popular cake in the Dominican Republic.
However, neighbors also noted that Yauger had become more withdrawn after her mother died about a year ago, and they had noticed a change in her behavior.
On Tuesday morning, Yauger allegedly stabbed her granddaughter multiple times with an unknown object, leaving her in critical condition at a hospital.
Yauger, who is also hospitalized, faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.
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