Nanny Charged With Murder After Michigan Stabbing

On Oct. 24 in Royal Oak, Michigan, 35-year-old nanny Samantha Rae Booth is accused of stabbing 83-year-old David Ong multiple times in the basement of his daughter’s home; Ong was pronounced dead at the scene. Ong had gone to check on his granddaughter after her mother could not reach Booth, and when the daughter later asked her brother-in-law to check on them he found Booth in a “manic state” covered in blood and Ong severely injured while the uncle rescued the child amid alleged attacks with a screwdriver. Neighbors and police say Booth stripped off her clothes, dropped the screwdriver, briefly fled and was arrested after a foot chase; officers reportedly found suspected psychedelic mushrooms and marijuana in her purse. Booth faces first-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, assault with a dangerous weapon and multiple counts of resisting or obstructing police, and a judge denied bond, calling her a present danger and a flight risk. The uncle and child sustained minor injuries and were treated and released, and family members say they had known Booth for about two years.