TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A Tallahassee woman is behind bars after she admitted to stabbing a victim six times while high on drugs because she believed the victim was "mentally bullying" her.
According to court documents, Tallahassee Police responded to South Adams Street in regards to a woman that had been stabbed six times on March 4. When officers arrived on scene, they noticed a large amount of blood in the front seat of the victim's vehicle.
Documents say the victim had at least six puncture wounds on her hands and thighs. Minutes after officers arrived on scene, the victim was transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
While at the hospital, the victim told police that she and 23-year-old Carlly Furtys met the night before the incident at a friend's house. The victim went on telling officers that on the day of the incident, she and Furtys were riding in her car when Furtys began criticizing her driving.
Police say the victim got frustrated so she pulled over and kicked Furtys out her car. After being kicked out of the car, Furtys walked around to the drivers side and started stabbing the victim, according to documents. The victim tried to fight back by laying on her side and kicking the victim, however Furtys continued stabbing her.
Once police finished speaking with the victim, they left the hospital and found Furtys walking on West Manatee Street. Documents say she was easy to spot because she had dried blood on her arms.
When investigators approached Furtys about the incident she stated, "You talking about beating me up, you get in my face and pull a knife out... I snapped, you're right, I snapped."
Furtys told police that the two women met through a mutual friend and were at the mutual friend's house days leading up to the incident. Documents say Furtys admitted that both she and the victim were high on drugs, to include "ice" and "molly."
Furtys told police that about 30 minutes before the stabbing, she smoked drugs and left with the victim in the victim's vehicle. Documents say a third person was driving the car, though that person was not identified. While she was riding in the car, Furtys said the victim began making statements about how she should have killed their mutual friend.
At some point during the drive, Furtys said she was, "laughing at the [driver's] mannerisms, but [the victim] thought that Furtys was laughing at her." That's when the victim got upset and the driver pulled over into a parking lot.
According to court documents, the victim then threatened to beat up Furtys, who didn't take the victim seriously. Even more agitated, Furtys told police that the victim grabbed a knife and kept making threats. Furtys grabbed her knife as well but neither tried to stab the other, Furtys admitting to police that the victim never touched her.
Furtys said the situation deescalated and the two women talked, Furtys believing that the two had "made up." However, Furtys said the victim again began threatening her. Documents say Furtys challenged the victim to an unarmed fight in the woods, but the victim declined and continued to threaten Furtys.
Evenutally, Furtys told police she "snapped and "blacked out" due to the victim's "mental bullying." She said she recalled getting out of the car and stabbing the victim, though she wasn't sure if she reached through the window or opened the car door.
Afterward, documents say Furtys admitted that she ran away with the knife. Investigators note that she stated that she wasn't attempting to kill the victim during the attack. At the end of her interview, documents say Furtys also told police "I don't care, I'm ready to go to jail. I did, I did stab her."
"Furtys appeared to be honest throughout the interview and she complied with all requests for consent and collection of evidence," investigators wrote. "Furtys made the statement that she did not need to go to trial because she was guilty."
Based on the evidence, Furtys was arrested and transported to the Leon County Detention Facility. She is being charged with aggravated battery. She remains in jail on a $40,000 bond.
