Senior citizen terrorizes Pasadena family with pickaxe, not knowing they’ll ever return home

A Pasadena man whose home was attacked by a neighbor with a pickaxe while his child and mother-in-law were inside said the family was left so traumatized that they may leave.

Beverly Baker, 65 years old was caught on camera with the weapon on Monday afternoon in a horrific attack that police believe was random and the result of a mental health disorder.

Baker was caught on Armand Choukadrian’s Ring camera approaching the house, then smashing windows before leaving and returning to smash more.

Chukadriyan’s mother-in-law was in the house with his little daughter, who was sleeping in a cradle near one of the windows.

Choukadriyan, a chiropractor, said the child would have been seriously injured if not for her grandmother’s rescue.

“I don’t know if we need to leave, but this is not our safe place at the moment,” he said.

“It’s a constant reminder of what happened.”

Baker was charged Wednesday with vandalism and will be arraigned Friday in Pasadena Superior Court, said Matthew Krasnowski, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Chukadriyan seeks a restraining order.

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Pasadena police later arrested her at her home just a few blocks from the scene of the attack

She manages to pull the child out of the window just before it crashes, but Baker continues his attack and returns several times

Commander Bill Griseif of the Pasadena Police Department said the couple is not related and Baker was having some form of mental health crisis.

“We have no reason or motive for this,” he told DailyMail.com.

He did not say whether she was in the department.

Choukadriyan says she owns several properties in the area, but he’s never seen her before.

He fears he was the target of a racist attack because he is Armenian, but police have not yet confirmed the woman’s motive. Records show Baker owns a $1 million home across the street from where a family lives that one of her children owns.

It happens in the middle a sharp increase in crime in Los Angelestotal violent crime rose 4.2 percent.

Chukadaryan said he felt the family “lost their safe place” as a result of the incident.

The owner estimates that during the attack the house was damaged in the amount of about 20 thousand dollars.

The terrible incident was caught on the Ring camera of the owner of the house. It remains unclear what led to the attack or whether the victims know Beverly Baker

Investigators say Baker may have suffered from mental illness, although that has not been confirmed. Homeowner Arman Chukadaryan says his child could have been seriously injured if not for his mother-in-law. His baby’s cradle is shown on the right

Baker lives nearby, just a few blocks from the home she attacked. She owns other properties on the street – including one that fronts the house she destroyed. Her motives remain unclear

His mother-in-law was alone with the child when Baker brazenly approached the property with a large weapon.

She managed to pull the child out of the window before it shattered.

– said Chukadaryan KTLA: “If my mother-in-law had not acted as quickly as she did, my daughter would not be here.

“She broke one window, went back. My mother-in-law came out shouting and screaming to get my attention.

“The police found her walking nonchalantly with the pickaxe on her back, as if she had just finished working with it.”

Baker returned several times with a pickaxe over her shoulder and yelled, “Questions? Anyone have questions? I’ll be back, get out.”

The mother-in-law took the girl and hid her in a closet.

Relatives had to talk her out of it for 10 minutes, assuring her that it was safe.

– said Chukadaryan NBC 4 he is grateful that his mother-in-law saved his daughter’s life.

“She is our savior,” he said through tears.

The owner estimates that during the attack the house was damaged in the amount of about 20 thousand dollars

Baker returned several times with a pickaxe over her shoulder and yelled, “Questions? Anyone have questions? I’ll be back, get out

Pasadena police later arrested her at her home just a few blocks from the scene of the attack.

Investigators say Baker may have suffered from mental illness, although that has not been confirmed.

Baker refused to surrender for about half an hour, but was eventually taken into custody and faces vandalism charges.

Chukadaryan said his family was traumatized by the ordeal, adding: “She needs to be in the right place to get the right help.

“That’s no excuse to attack someone’s family, someone’s newborn and destroy their dream home, destroy their life and their sanity.”