Harvard woman accused of stabbing baby, 9 months, in head

December 17, 2011 (HARVARD, Ill.)

Claudia Mejia, 36, is charged with attempted murder. She is being held on $2 million bond.

Police found a 9-month-old boy stabbed in the head in a home in Harvard on Friday morning. The infant was treated by Harvard paramedics and later airlifted to a hospital in Rockford.

It's unclear what the relationship is between Mejia and the baby.

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