The man accused of randomly stabbing a woman walking in Point Defiance Park in February was arrested on Friday while trying to leave the country.
This image shows a sketch of the man who randomly stabbed a woman at Point Defiance Park on Saturday, Feb. 10. in February was arrested Friday morning at San Francisco International Airport while allegedly attempting to leave the country, according to police.was “a matter of hours away” from leaving the United States when he was arrested without incident. Officials are not naming the suspect until he is extradited to Washington to avoid compromising the investigation.
The timeframe is unclear for his extradition, but it was reported that Tacoma detectives were on their way to San Francisco on Friday.near Five-Mile Drive in broad daylight on Feb. 10 around 1 p.m. The woman who was stabbed said she had crossed the suspect on the Blue Line Trail, but did not believe he posed a threat until she heard footsteps behind her, then felt a blow to the head.
"I begged him to let me go, that I could give him money, that I could give him anything he wanted if he let me live," the woman,said during a press conference in February. "That was when he made it verbally explicit that his intent was to kill me. And, he told me to tilt my neck back so he could end my pain."Witnesses intervened and stopped the attack. Jane said one of the witnesses kicked the suspect in the head, and then he fled.
The TPD said detectives learned the suspect was possibly in Atlanta, Georgia, and were able to get a “confidential, Attempted Murder in the First-Degree warrant with nationwide extradition” for the suspect.
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