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PROVO A Provo man has been arrested after police say he stabbed his 2-year-old daughter, mistakenly believing that another person was in bed with his wife.
Miguel Francisco Rodriguez-Vega, 34, was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of child abuse causing serious injury, six counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, criminal mischief and intoxication.
Provo police received a call about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday of a mother rushing her 23-month-old daughter to the hospital after she had been stabbed in the foot, said Provo Police Sgt. Nisha King. The child received stitches and the injuries were not considered to be life-threatening.
A Provo man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed a 23-month-old baby, who was sleeping in its mother's bed. Miguel Francisco Rodriguez-Vega was booked into the Utah County Jail for charges of child abuse, a commission of domestic violence, intoxication, and criminal mischief, a probable cause affidavit states. Police were notified at 3:33 a. m. when a woman rushed her 23-month-old child with stab wounds to a local hospital.