Mother Arrested On Murder Charges After Baby Fatally Stabbed

CANTON, GA — A 20-year-old woman from Tennessee was arrested on felony murder charges Tuesday after her 13-month-old child died earlier this month from stabbing injuries.

On Tuesday, Canton Police detectives secured a felony murder warrant for the arrest of Chloe Driver, 20, of Knoxville, Tennessee. Driver was arrested after being discharged from the hospital for the murder of her 13-month-old daughter, Hannah Nicole Driver. Driver is currently being held at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.

She has been charged with:

• Felony murder with malice
• Cruelty to children - causes excessive physical or mental pain - 1st degree
• Felony aggravated assault with intent to rape/murder/rob
• Felony aggravated battery

The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 at a home in the 200 block of Mountain Vista Boulevard in the Mountain View subdivision.

Canton officers were called to the home and found the injured people in a bedroom with stab wounds. The child was transported to Northside Hospital Cherokee, where she died from her injuries.

This is an active investigation, and more details will be given when available.