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Update: Flomaton Parents Now Charged With Attempted Murder After Child Hospitalized In Critical Condition
September 2, 2026
Attempted murder charges have now been filed against two Flomaton parents previously arrested on child torture charges after their 15-year-old child was taken to a Pensacola hospital in critical condition, authorities announced Wednesday.
Eric Douglas McClure, 41, and Cynthia Danielle Tedder, 36, are now charged with attempted murder. They were originally charged with torture and willful abuse of a child under 18 years of age by a responsible person.
According to Flomaton Police Chief Justin Hetrick, the department continues to work closely with the Escambia County (AL) District Attorney’s Office. Hetrick stated the upgraded charges were filed based on newly obtained evidence and developments uncovered as the investigation progressed.
The Flomaton Police Department was initially alerted to the situation around 5:13 a.m. on September 1, 2026, when Florida authorities reported that a juvenile from Flomaton had been transported to Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola in critical condition.
Information gathered led Flomaton officers to obtain and execute a search warrant at the home where the juvenile lived, resulting in initial arrest warrants for both parents. McClure and Tedder were taken into custody in Pensacola and were held awaiting extradition back to Alabama to be booked into the Escambia County Jail in Brewton.
FPD has not detailed the allegations against McClure and Tedder.
Police said the case remains an active investigation. Anyone with information related to the case is asked to contact Lt. Thaihee Staples at the Flomaton Police Department at (251) 296-5811.
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5 Responses to “Update: Flomaton Parents Now Charged With Attempted Murder After Child Hospitalized In Critical Condition”
People do you not read the article? It states in the second that they were first charged with torture and willful abuse of a child under 18 years old. So 1st abuse and torture, then attempted murder.
We got to watch these 2 be arrested at Sacred Heart hospital. our family was there celebrating a new life being born, while these two tried to take the life of their child. heart breaking. I pray they receive the maximum and that their child recovers, is placed safely, and is shown the love they deserve.
@Well, read the article again. It’s all there.
“Be nice to know what the initial charges were.”
Be nice if reading comprehension and basic reading skills were still a thing. It says in the article. Read again, slower.
So if police searched the home where the child lived and that resulted in arrest warrants, what were those charges? If those charged weren’t released then the article should say so, if not list the charges. Now there is the charge of attempted murder. Be nice to know what the initial charges were.