MIAMI WOMAN, 23, LEFT IN COMA AFTER SHE WAS 'ATTACKED BY MALE ROOMMATE SHE FOUND ON CRAIGSLIST WHO STRANGLED HER AND CUT HER UP ON HER BIRTHDAY'

Miami woman, 23, left in a coma after she was 'attacked by male roommate she found on CRAIGSLIST who strangled her and cut her up on her birthday'
Danielle Jones, 23, has been in a coma for a week after the attack in Miami
Byron Mitchell, 35, has been arrested for attempted murder
He had moved in with Jones just a week before after they met on Craigslist
Mitchell says he acted out of self-defense and told police she had a knife
Jones's mother doesn't know if her daughter will wake up from her coma
By CLEMENCE MICHALLON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:20 EST, 20 February 2016 | UPDATED: 16:55 EST, 20 February 2016

A young woman from Miami has been in a coma for a week after her family said she was attacked by her roommate, a 35-year-old man she met on Craigslist.
Byron Mitchell assaulted Danielle Jones, 23, just a week after he moved in with her in a downtown Miami apartment, Jones's mother, Aimee Nikolove, said.
He strangled her and cut her up on the night of her 23rd birthday, NBC reported.
Jones has a brain injury, multiple scars on her face and neck and Nikolove doesn't know if or when her daughter will wake up.




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Danielle Jones (pictured before and after the assault), 23, was attached by her roommate, a 35-year-old man she met on Craigslist, just a week after he moved in with her in a downtown Miami apartment, her family said. She has been in a coma for a week and her mother doesn't know if or when her daughter will wake up

'I'm still in shock, I can't comprehend that someone can do this to someone, mutilate them in such a way and try to kill them,' she told NBC.
'My daughter's face is cut up like he was going to take her face off. She has a brain injury, no one knows what the prognosis is.'
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Kaitlin Cabot, Jones's cousin, said in a Go Fund Me post: 'She is in a coma, intubated and holding on to life... If and she wakes, she will need extensive care and rehabilitation.'
Mitchell has been charged for attempted murder and told the police he acted in self-defense as Jones had a knife.
He is now in custody without bond at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, in Miami.
Byron Mitchell (pictured) has been charged with attempted murder and is now in custody without bond at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, in Miami





Byron Mitchell (left) strangled Jones and cut her up, her family said. He has been charged with attempted murder and is now in custody without bond at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, in Miami. He told police he acted as self-defense as Jones had a knife

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