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

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.

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

A woman in Florida allegedly exchanged messages with a 10-year-old child about killing a baby and cutting the throats of the adults the adolescent was temporarily living with.

Tara Sykes allegedly instructed a 10-year-old to purposefully drop a 2-month-old on a solid tile floor in an attempt to end the infant's life.

Sykes began communicating with the 10-year-old through Roblox, an online game with a messaging feature, and gave the child directions for how to kill a 2-month-old baby and other adults in the home where the child was temporarily living, deputies said.

I have been in law enforcement for over 40 years and have never seen anything quite like this," the county's sheriff said.