Juror who helped convict man in fatal stabbing accused in knife attack days later: report

A Washington authorities execution lawsuit took a chaotic crook aft a juror who helped convict a antheral successful a fatal stabbing is present accused of carrying retired a brutal weapon onslaught of his ain conscionable days later, allegedly telling victims helium was "sent by Jesus."

Kevin Rodriguez, 35, was convicted April 10 of second-degree execution successful the 2019 sidesplitting of 56-year-old Evodio Garcia Martinez, on with 2 counts of assault, according to reporting from The Seattle Times. Prosecutors said Rodriguez utilized butcher knives successful the attack. According to the Monroe Police Department, helium was recovered wrong the flat covered successful humor and equipped with knives, and was subdued by others astatine the scene.

Now, his attorneys are seeking a caller trial, arguing successful tribunal filings that 1 of the jurors, identified arsenic "Juror 14," was arrested 3 days aboriginal successful transportation with a brutal location penetration stabbing successful Everett.

According to The Seattle Times, the question alleges that juror is simply a 20-year-old antheral accused of forcing his mode into a townhome and stabbing aggregate victims.

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Police portion surrounds a transgression country successful Everett, Washington, aft a convulsive stabbing incidental that defence attorneys assertion progressive a juror from a caller execution trial. (FOX 13 Seattle)

The disturbing details of that onslaught were outlined successful tribunal documents obtained by FOX 13 Seattle, which said the fishy told victims helium was "sent by Jesus" and claimed to beryllium the "right manus of Jesus" during the attack.

Authorities accidental the suspect, identified successful section reporting arsenic Connor Wohlleben and described arsenic a "friend of a friend," showed up astatine the home, banged connected the door, and forced his mode wrong erstwhile idiosyncratic answered. Once inside, helium allegedly headed upstairs with a weapon and began attacking the victims.

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Investigators accidental a 45-year-old parent and her 18-year-old girl were stabbed, portion a 3rd household member, a 22-year-old woman, managed to halt the onslaught by putting the fishy successful a chokehold until deputies arrived.

"Absolutely courageous of the 22-year-old," Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Courtney O’Keefe said, adding that her actions "potentially saved the lives of her household members and herself," according to FOX 13.

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Police portion surrounds a transgression country successful Everett, Washington aft a convulsive stabbing incidental that defence attorneys assertion progressive a juror from a caller execution trial. (FOX 13 Seattle)

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Deputies responding to the country recovered a knife, and the fishy was arrested connected suspicion of burglary and 2 counts of first-degree assault. He was aboriginal booked into jail, wherever bail was acceptable astatine $500,000, according to jailhouse records.

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The fishy was allegedly progressive successful a stabbing proceedings days earlier the alleged weapon attack. (Snohomish County Sheriff's Office)

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the April 13 stabbing, but has not publically confirmed that the fishy is the aforesaid idiosyncratic who served connected the Rodriguez jury.

However, Rodriguez’s defence claims the accused attacker is "Juror 14" and is asking the tribunal to bid an evidentiary proceeding to analyse the juror’s intelligence authorities during the proceedings and deliberations. The question besides alleges juror misconduct and raises broader concerns astir the integrity of the verdict, according to The Seattle Times.

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Rodriguez’s lawsuit has already gone done years of ineligible challenges. He was antecedently convicted of manslaughter successful 2021, but that condemnation was overturned connected appeal, starring to the retrial earlier this month, according to section reports.

Rodriguez’s attorney, Karim Merchant, told PEOPLE that "the juror’s apprehension is not the lone crushed we are requesting a caller trial."

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He is presently scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected May 13.

Fox News has reached retired to the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and Rodriguez’s defence lawyer for comment.