Police said the 18-year-old lured his victim to a park where he stabbed her multiple times — then took off and also stabbed a second woman at a nearby gas station.
09 December 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Rottweil: The application app Tinder is seen on the display of an iPhone SE. Photo: Silas Stein/ A Utah teenager faces an attempted murder charge after authorities said he stabbed his Tinder date multiple times and a second victim before being detained by a Good Samaritan.lured an 18-year-old woman to Mueller Park last week after meeting her on the popular dating app a few days earlier.
Authorities said the pair were at the park for several hours before Fairbank stabbed his victim multiple times. Authorities said the victim was able to fight back, get away, and flag down nearby witnesses. The witnesses were able to create a "barrier" between Fairbank and the victim, according to the police. Two of the witnesses were nurses and an EMT who were all able to prove first aid while another bystander called 911.
However, police say Fairbank left the area and drove to a local gas station before abandoning his vehicle. He then went to a nearby neighborhood where he approached and stabbed a 64-year-old woman. The woman was able to fight back as bystanders helped her until first responders arrived. Investigators say Fairbank left the scene but was spotted by a Good Samaritan in a nearby neighborhood who was able to detain him until police arrived and took him into custody.
Fairbank told authorities that he attended to carry out the attacks and had planned other assaults. He’s currently being held at the Davis County jail with pending charges on two counts of attempted murder, two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of aggravated kidnapping. including meeting in a public place and alerting family and friends about any meetings with another Tinder user.
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