A Texas woman arrested for attempting to drown a three-year-old girl and hurting the girl’s six-year-old brother has been formally charged after she was accused of attacking the children because they were Muslim.
A Tarrant County grand jury on Aug. 15 indicted Elizabeth Wolf, 42, on charges of attempted capital murder and causing bodily injury to a child in connection with her attacks against the children in May, according to Fox 4.
The indictment also included a hate crime enhancement, saying Wolf targeted the children because they were “Muslims or persons of Middle Eastern descent.”
The hate crime enhancement could lead to a longer sentence if she is convicted.
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Elizabeth Wolf, 42, was indicted on charges of attempted capital murder and causing bodily injury to a child. (Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office)
Investigators said Wolf was drunk at an apartment pool in Euless, Texas, on May 19 when she made racial statements and approached a Palestinian woman wearing a hijab and her two children, Fox 4 reported.
The 32-year-old woman told police Wolf came up to her and asked where she came from and if the two children playing at the pool were hers.
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When she said yes, Wolf grabbed the woman’s six-year-old son, pulled him away from her and scratched him, police said.
Then, as the woman was helping her son, Wolf allegedly grabbed the woman’s three-year-old daughter and forced her underwater in the pool.
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Both of the children physically recovered, according to police.
Wolf remains in the Tarrant County Jail on a $1 million bond.
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