A woman who had her throat slashed during an attack in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood has been placed in a medically-induced coma.
Earina Jones was at a friend's house early Friday morning when she was attacked with a broken glass bottle, which splintered and sliced deep into her neck.
"It was just so deep it was almost to the bone -- the way he cut her," said Sandra Jones, the victim's mother.
San Francisco police arrested Tanrance Joe Owens at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. Owens, 30, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and battery with serious injuries.
Sandra Jones said her 25-year-old daughter was watching over her friend's son Friday morning when the boy's father, Owens, came into the house. A neighbor also reported hearing yelling.
"She said the next thing she knew Earina was coming out of the house and blood was just gushing all over the place," Sandra Jones said. "And there was a Tanqueray bottle that he had busted upside her head."
Sandra Jones said she had heard from a victim advocate that the man arrested was only being charged with assault.
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"That's not acceptable," she said.
The mother also heard her daughter had been raped, thought police and prosecutors say they have no evidence of that at this time.
"We have no indication of that at this time," San Francisco Police Sgt. Monica MacDonald said. "However, because of the seriousness of the injuries, we have not been able to interview the victim."
A victim's advocate who contacted Sandra Jones had planned a protest Tuesday night at San Francisco's Hall of Justice on the belief that Earina Jones was raped and that the attacker was only charged with assault. The protest was later canceled by organizers.
"I'm going to push and do whatever I have to do to get justice for my daughter," Sandra Jones said.
