Ogden police question brother in stabbing incident

Ogden police are questioning a man they say stabbed his developmentally disabled sister repeatedly Sunday morning as she ate breakfast at their parents' home.

Ogden Lt. Mike Ashment said police responded to a call from the 800 block of 16th Street shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday. Ashment said a 23-year-old woman was seated at a table eating breakfast when, police say according to the victim, her 30-year-old brother came up behind her and stabbed her 8 to 10 times in the neck and shoulder area.

The woman was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital where she was treated and released with non-life threatening wounds.

The brother walked out of the home after the incident, but was picked up nearby by police around 1 p.m., and is currently being questioned, Ashment said.

Police said the parents of the victim, and the victim's husband, were home at the time of the incident, but had not yet determined what circumstances led to the stabbing. Ashment said neither of the parents, nor the victim's husband reported any altercation or argument before the incident.

The brother lives with his parents at the residence where the stabbing occurred, but the victim and her husband were just visiting for the weekend.

Police have not released the names of the victim or her brother.

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