{"id":135046,"date":"2026-01-28T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135046\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:26:29","slug":"woman-43-charged-with-murder-of-4-year-old-son-at-florida-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135046\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 43, Charged with Murder of 4-Year-Old Son at Florida Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nAuthorities in Florida have arrested Diana Cullom, 43, on suspicion of murdering her four-year-old son Finley Cullom The boy was reportedly found stabbed to death at a property in St. Petersburg by his 16-year-old sister on Tuesday, Jan. 27Diana Cullom was taken to the hospital for multiple stab wounds prior to her arrest<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of a four-year-old boy who was found dead in his home with multiple stab wounds.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> At around 3:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 27, officers were called to a property off Tanglewood Drive Northeast in St. Petersburg, where 4-year-old Finley Cullom was found stabbed to death, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/pinellas-county\/child-found-dead-adult-injured-at-st-pete-home-police-say\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WFLA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/mother-charged-murder-after-4-year-old-boy-found-stabbed-death-st-pete-police\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox 13 Tampa Bay<\/a> reported, citing the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD).\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A 16-year-old girl had contacted the police after finding her brother\u2019s body, the outlets added.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cShe walked into the house, she sees blood everywhere, she sees her 4-year-old brother\u2026,\u201d St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway told WFLA.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Officers arrived at the home to find Joseph\u2019s mother, 43-year-old Diana Cullom, also injured with stab wounds &#8220;throughout her body,&#8221; Hollywood stated. She was sent to the hospital and later interviewed by investigators, per WFLA and Fox 13.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cWe don\u2019t know if they\u2019re self-inflicted, but right now, for what will be from evidence, it looks like the mom stabbed the baby,\u201d said Holloway.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On Wednesday, Jan. 28, Diana was taken into custody and charged with murder in the first degree, WFLA reported, citing\u00a0the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office (PCSO).\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-true-crime%22%3EPEOPLE%27%3Cem%3Eshttps:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-true-crime\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\n<\/p>\n<p> Diana Cullom mugshot.<\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A knife and a note found at the scene are believed to belong to the mother, Holloway said at a press conference, per Fox 13. The events leading up to the incident, along with Diana\u2019s mental history, have not been disclosed at this time.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> According to officials, Joseph\u2019s father was not at home at the time of the incident, per Fox 13.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;A lot of these officers, they have kids, and then you have the 16-year-old who&#8217;s coming home from school and finding her brother and her mother. And then you&#8217;re just having a father come here,\u201d said Holloway. \u201cSo right now in the neighborhood, everybody&#8217;s heart is heavy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> There is no history of calls for service at the home where Joseph was found, Holloway added to WFLA.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> PEOPLE has reached out to the SPPD and PSCO for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Authorities in Florida have arrested Diana Cullom, 43, on suspicion of murdering her four-year-old son&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-135046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}