A 26-year-old South Florida woman is behind bars after authorities say she stabbed her 15-year-old sister about ten times during a violent argument over a cellphone.
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested Lynn My Le on Sunday afternoon at her home in Cutler Bay, charging her with attempted felony murder. Court documents allege the attack began after Le’s younger sister woke up on the living room couch to find her sister going through her phone.
What followed, police say, was a sudden and brutal act of violence.
When the teenager confronted her sister and tried to grab her phone back, Le allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife. As the 15-year-old ran toward the front door, Le stabbed her four times in the back and then about six more times after she collapsed on the floor, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by local outlets including CBS News and NBC Miami.
The affidavit says Le only stopped after the victim “pleaded for her life.”
Responding deputies arrived around 3:20 p.m. to find the teenager bleeding on the floor with multiple puncture wounds. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she remains in critical but stable condition, Detective Samantha Choon told the Miami Herald.
Authorities have not released the teenager’s name because she is a minor.
Police say Le refused to speak with detectives after her arrest and was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. She appeared in court Monday morning, where a judge denied bond, appointed her a public defender, and issued a stay-away order prohibiting contact with her sister.
So far, investigators haven’t provided a clear motive for the attack. But the arrest report describes an argument that spiraled rapidly from a typical sibling dispute into a near-fatal confrontation — one that has shocked even veteran officers familiar with domestic violence cases.
Cutler Bay, a quiet suburb south of Miami known more for its family neighborhoods than for violent crime, is still processing the news. Neighbors told reporters that they rarely heard shouting from the home and were stunned to learn what had happened.
“It’s unimaginable,” one neighbor told Local10. “You just never think something like that could happen between sisters.”
The case comes amid a rise in domestic violence incidents reported to Miami-Dade police over the past year, many involving family members rather than romantic partners. Experts say pandemic-era financial pressures and mental health challenges have only intensified household tensions.
In court, Le appeared expressionless as the judge read the charges against her. If convicted, she faces the possibility of life in prison.
Detectives are continuing to investigate what led up to the confrontation, and prosecutors will decide whether to pursue additional charges once the teenager’s condition stabilizes.
