NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — An 81-year-old man accused of stabbing his daughter multiple times outside a home in Nashville is due in court Wednesday.
Floyd Say Seay is facing an attempted homicide charge after police say he admitted to stabbing his daughter with a kitchen knife and then allegedly telling investigators that he would do it again if he had the chance.
This happened at a home off Louise Drive in South Nashville. When police arrived at the home, they found the man's daughter had been stabbed in her neck, chest, and face.
"It's a big shock," said one neighbor, Thad Thomas. "It makes you wonder who your neighbors are."
"I heard them arguing in the front yard the other day," added another neighbor Dustin DelRio. "It's crazy that it escalated to that level."
Police say neighbors filmed everything and handed that footage over to police. The arrest report shows the two were screaming at one another and that's when the man grabbed his daughter's neck and threw her to the ground. Detectives say he then grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed her multiple times.
A neighbor told investigators that they heard him say, “I tried to kill her, but I couldn't."
Just doors down, neighbor Will Kazeleski said what he remembers of Seay is a very different man. He recalls a recent conversation where he felt Seay was scared.
"He's a good guy, always been good to me," he remembered. "It is sad. I got a heart and I feel for him."
Many other neighbors expressed their sympathy for Lane and her condition.
Lane was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center where she's now recovering.
Seay appeared in court Wednesday and remains in jail on a $500,000 bond.
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