daily insights | January 04, 2026

Who is Spencer Pearson, Florida teen who stabbed ex-girlfriend 15 times before trying to commit suicide?

Disrupting photographs of a Florida youngster associated with killing his ex and her mom have been unveiled
Spencer Pearson, 18, is blamed for cutting Madison Schemitz, 17, and her mom Jacki Roge
During the occurrence, Pearson, a new alumni and previous football player, likewise wounded Kennedy Armstrong, 23

Disrupting photographs of a Florida youngster associated with killing his ex and her mom prior to endeavoring to cut his own throat have been unveiled.

In a supposed wild assault recently at a café in Ponte Vedra Ocean side, near Jacksonville, Spencer Pearson, 18, is blamed for cutting Madison Schemitz, 17, and her mom Jacki Roge.

During the occurrence, Pearson, a new alumni and previous football player, likewise cut Kennedy Armstrong, 23.

He then, at that point, supposedly endeavored self destruction by “consistently” cutting his own throat.

Pearson was detained in a St. John’s Area prison on Friday subsequent to spending numerous weeks in the emergency clinic, and he appeared in court on Saturday.

According to an arrest warrant from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Spencer Pearson is now facing two counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault.

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His upsetting mug shot shows wraps covering the join line across his neck.

The high schooler conceded his culpability in court while wearing a blue jail uniform and with wraps actually covering his neck.

As indicated by her family, Schemitz, a rising senior and star softball player, supported extreme spinal line harm because of the assault.

Under seven days before the stabbings, her mom evidently revealed Pearson to the police.

As per Roge, Pearson had been following her little girl as she went to class, leaving notes on her vehicle, and sending her messages through imaginary virtual entertainment profiles. Pearson, a star football player in secondary school, had recently accepted his confirmation.

Schemitz met her mom, a companion, and someone else on June 3 at Mr. Pudgy’s Wings in Ponte Vedra Ocean side. The gathering sat down and glanced over to see Pearson situated at an adjoining table.

The mother and little girl went with the choice to leave the eatery since it was guaranteed that Pearson had been following and bugging Schemitz since the two split up in April. The capture warrant asserts that Pearson ‘charged’ at the couple subsequent to following them to the parking garage. Kennedy Armstrong, 23, was made mindful of the issue by the shouting of Schemitz and her mom.

Schemitz was cut somewhere multiple times by Pearson when she got a handle on her arm. Rogé got cut injuries to the brow and leg. Armstrong, who had hurried to the scene to help, was additionally cut, and a corridor in his arm was cut off. Pearson is being imprisoned without bond subsequent to being accused of two charges of endeavored murder.