Florida Dad Tells Pregnant 13-year-old to Kill Herself, Flees State After She Cuts Herself and Takes Pills

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After evading capture for two months, a Florida fugitive father has been apprehended in Massachusetts, after allegedly telling his pregnant daughter to take her own life.

Gared Wayne Canales, a former Palm Coast resident, was apprehended in Massachusetts this week after being sought under a nationwide warrant since April. He was extradited to Flagler County and booked at the Flagler County jail, facing a child abuse charge.

According to court documents, Canales is accused of berating his 13-year-old daughter over the phone in April, pushing her to kill herself after the child found out she was pregnant, Flagler Live reports.

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“You’re not worth it. I choose my girlfriend over you anyway, and go kill yourself,” he reportedly told his daughter.

The alleged incident took place on April 7. Canales had texted the girl’s mother in the early afternoon when the girl was still away with her friends. The girl had been struggling with her feelings toward her father according to a statement by her mother to law enforcement. She called him around 3 p.m. that day. Two of her friends were with her in her bedroom. According to what the girl and one of her friends told Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies, Canales called her vile names and said: “You’re not worth it. I choose my girlfriend over you anyway, and go kill yourself.”

The next night the girl cut her own wrist, what was described as “a minor cut” in an incident report, causing some bleeding. She did so again with a piece of glass the following night, and with a baseball bat, smashed a portrait of herself and Canales. The morning of April 10, she took seven pills of Benadryl, and while she was in the car with her mother, on their way to pick up her stepfather from work, she took another seven pills, according to the incident report.

She told her mother she had done so. (The mother’s written statement differs in this regard: the mother had reported having a feeling about what was happening to her daughter and had picked her up from school when she learned of the pills.) Her mother changed directions and took her daughter to Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, where the girl’s stomach was pumped.

The teen then attempted suicide on two occasions by self-harm and ingesting 14 Benadryl pills, but managed to survive both attempts.

Court documents indicate that she used a piece of glass to cut her arm before taking a baseball bat and smashing a photo of the defendant during the first attempt.

Investigators then reviewed text messages between the victim and the defendant. After uncovering the messages, the State Attorney’s Office filed a felony child abuse charge against Canales in May. The defendant had already fled the area when police arrived at his Florida residence with a warrant.

Jail records indicate that Canales is currently housed in the Flagler County jail on a $10,000 bail.

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