Tara Sykes, 36, has been arrested after police say she convinced a child to try and kill a 2-year-old on online gaming platform Roblox.

Tara Alexis Sykes was taken into custody on Friday and charged with attempted murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse.

A Florida woman allegedly used the online gaming platform Roblox to instruct a 10-year-old to kill a 2-month-old infant by dropping it on a tile floor, The Independent reported. Tara Sykes, 36, who reportedly connected with the child over Roblox’s built-in social media,

Tara Sykes allegedly also told the child to drown and scold the infant with boiling water, and to slit the throats of the adults they were living with

The girl told investigators she was terrified of Tara Alexis Sykes, 36, and that she believed Sykes would kill her if she did not follow instructions.

A Florida woman is under arrest after police say she instructed a child to drop an infant on the floor and slit the throats of adults in a household before burning the victims. Police in Escambia County,

A 36-year-old woman, Tara Alexis Sykes, was arrested in Florida on charges of attempted murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office alleges that Sykes used the online gaming platform Roblox to instruct her 10-year-old daughter on various methods to harm a two-month-old infant and other adults in the home where the child was temporarily living.