Margate man accused of machete attack on sister during home dispute

A 36-year-old Margate man faces an attempted murder arrest after police say he repeatedly attacked his sister with a machete inside a bedroom and shouted, “Why aren’t you dead yet?” while the assault was underway.

The woman’s 1-year-old daughter was in bed as the attack unfolded, turning a family dispute inside a Margate home into a case with clear child-safety stakes for Broward County investigators. The violence took place in the bedroom, where police say the man turned on his sister with the blade during the dispute.

A companion video item shows the woman running for help after police say her brother attacked her with the machete in Margate. That footage adds another layer to the aftermath, showing the victim’s immediate effort to escape after the assault inside the home.

The case has drawn attention because of how personal and concentrated the violence was: a brother and sister inside the same house, a young child in the room, and a machete used in what police describe as a repeated attack. The Margate case is also being tracked as a Broward County crime, underscoring how quickly a private household conflict can become a major public-safety call.

For families in Broward, the details are unsettling because they point to a setting where danger developed behind closed doors. The attack happened in a bedroom, involved a weapon, and included a toddler present in the home, a combination that makes the incident stand out even in a county used to regular crime reports.

Local 10 tagged the case to Margate, Broward County and Crime, and the reporting package tied the written account to the video showing the victim fleeing for help after the attack. The suspect remains the central figure in a case that police say began as a home dispute and escalated into one of the week’s most disturbing domestic violence allegations in Margate.