Woman Faces Trial for Severed Fingers, Kidnapping

0:00A 37-year-old woman named Alia Mayo is headed to trial in Hartford after turning down a plea deal on serious charges like first-degree assault and kidnapping. Back on September 4, 2024, police found a 51-year-old woman with her pointer fingers severed and a bad head wound at AC, Quartz Street Home. Mayo faces accusations of grabbing the victim and using a tool to cut off those fingers as payback. The victim had been cleaning cars for cash and admitted swiping a credit card for Mayo's ride using it at a gas station. Later that day, she got snatched on Main Street, forced into a car, and taken to buy the cutting tool before the brutal attack at the house. Video from city cameras caught the kidnapping and showed Mayo and others dragging her away. Folks are reeling from how vicious this got, with the victim crawling in pain as her attackers peeled out, leaving blood and her stuff behind. She ended up losing both fingers at St. Francis Hospital after massive hand and head trauma.

1:01The whole scene shocked the neighborhood, highlighting street-level grudges turning deadly. Cops pieced it together fast, with surveillance footage of a dark sedan pulling up around 7.30 pm. Plus phone data pinning Mayo's cell at. Both spots. They ID'd her from DMV photos in a witness lineup. Another woman, Erica Gooden, got charged too for jumping in with mace and punches, though she claimed she was nowhere near. Mayo was out on $800,000 bond. Pleading not guilty, with her case now on the trial list, but no start day yet. Gooden's up next in court, April 27th, on lesser assault counts, free on $100,000 bond. This one's far from over as Justice Grines on. That's the story for today. Our for news today, driven by AI.