A beloved California art gallery manager who was writing an illustrated children's book has been stabbed to death in broad daylight.
Rachell Summers, 73, was stabbed 11 times outside Capitola Mall in Santa Cruz County on Monday in what investigators have called a random act of violence.
Tyler Leibelt, 19, has been charged with murder while lying in wait and using a deadly weapon, court records show. He has not entered a plea. ...
Leibelt ran up to Summers outside the mall and stabbed her from behind, the court document said.
Summers was 'stabbed multiple times in her back, defensive stab wounds to her forearms, and stab wounds to her center chest, more than 11 total,' prosecutors alleged in the filing.
The 19-year-old ran into the mall, leaving a trail of the grandmother's blood behind him. Prosecutors say he also discarded a knife....
Leibelt told police that 'he purchased two knives so that he could hold one in each hand as he was killing someone,' the court filing says.
He gestured stabbing with both of his hands during the interview with investigators.
Investigators have found nothing to suggest that Leibelt knew Summers before he targeted her in the deadly attack. It is also unclear why he chose her as his victim.
Leibelt told police that he had been suffering from 'homicidal fantasies for awhile' and claimed he had 'previously disclosed these fantasies but he 'kept getting let out' of custody,' according to the filing.
Prosecutors noted that a gun violence restraining order was issued against the alleged killer in November last year.
He allegedly told sheriff's deputies during that incident that he 'expressed a desire to cause a mass casualty event,' the court document said.
He also allegedly 'wrote a goodbye letter expressing a desire to kill as many people as possible.' [emphasis added]
Gun violence restraining orders make us so safe--from gun violence. Those other methods for murdering people are so much nicer.
Released from custody. Police should have requested an involuntary commitment order until California Welfare and Institutions Code sec. 5250.
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