GoFundMe For Mom, Critically Stabbed, And Her Sons

PAWCATUCK, CT — As she fights for her life, her sons are trying to cope, but wrapped in the arms of family and close friends.

Patch does not name the victims of domestic violence unless family members give permission, or authorities officially identify them.

In a GoFundMe created Monday to "raise money for her medical expenses and to help make sure they stay afloat after such a heartbreaking and horrific incident has occurred," just first names are used.

With a goal of $5,000, the campaign, created late Monday morning, already has $1,300 in donations promised.

The GoFundMe was made by family friend Courtney Elizabeth Beck.

In addition, holiday gifts and gift cards for her sons are being accepted at the Mystic YMCA at 1 Harry Austin Drive. The contact is Youth Development Director Britney Bruno.

A cousin is donating tips he earns delivering pizza.

Days Have Passed & Suspect Henderson Is Still At Large

Days have passed and police are still searching for Carlton T. Henderson Jr., 44, in connection with the brutal stabbing of the Pawcatuck mom Saturday morning.

Stonington Police Capt. Todd Olson confirmed late Sunday that there's a warrant for Henderson's arrest on "domestic related charges." Henderson is still on the run. And the victim's family and friends, as well as many of Henderson's family and friends, want him caught and are angry he's being harbored by someone.

"So many people are hurting right now, while this lowlife is being protected by an unknown someone," the victim's sister wrote on Facebook.

Hours after Patch first reported on the early morning attack on Mechanic Street, Olson said in a press release that police got a 911 call about a domestic incident at 8:15 a.m.

When police got there, they found Brandy suffering from critical stab wounds. It was reported that suspect Henderson had already taken off. She was immediately treated by first responders and then was transported to the Westerly Hospital with life-threatening injuries but was then flown via Life Star to a hospital with a trauma unit. Her condition Monday was not known. Olson said she was still at Yale New Haven Hospital.

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