The Delaware State Police have arrested 40-year-old Darris McGlotten and his mother, 54-year-old Jamesneta McGlotten, both of Ellendale, for attempted murder and related charges after a stabbing that has left a child in critical condition.
Officials said on July 25, 2024, at approximately 10:51 a.m., troopers responded to Bayhealth – Sussex Campus, for a possible stabbing. When troopers arrived, they learned that a 12-year-old victim had been brought to the hospital, by a family member, after being stabbed at a home on the 18000 block of Sharon’s Road in Ellendale. During the investigation, detectives learned that the suspect, Darris McGlotten, stabbed the victim in the chest while the victim was sleeping according to police. Detectives also learned that Jamesneta McGlotten was aware that the victim had been seriously injured yet failed to seek medical or police assistance addition officials.
Darris McGlotten was arrested and taken to Troop 4 where he was charged with Attempted Murder 1st Degree (Felony) and Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony (Felony).
He was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $420,000 cash bond.
Jamesneta McGlotten was arrested and taken to Troop 4 where she was charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Felony. She was )arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and released on her own recognizance.