Daughter charged with father's murder after fatal stabbing in NSW Hunter region SunSunday 17 updated SunSunday 17 Maddison Hickson, 23, has been charged with the stabbing murder of her father Michael Carroll. ( Print text only Cancel A woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her father — who had served jail time for a brutal assault — in the NSW Hunter region last night. Key points: Police allege his 23-year-old daughter arrived at the scene shortly after officers Maddison Hickson's case was mentioned in Newcastle Court but her lawyer didn't apply for bail Police were called to a home in Tenambit, in Maitland, around 7.20pm and discovered a man suffering two stab wounds to his upper torso.