MARYSVILLE — A Marysville woman stabbed her boyfriend in the back with a sword, causing him to lose half of his left lung, according to police reports filed in court Monday.
The woman, 31, called police at 2 a.m. Friday saying she’d stabbed the man. Police found him face-down in a bedroom. Officers cut away his clothes and saw the wound to his back. A sheath was in the bedroom. The sword was in the kitchen, leaning against a high chair.
The woman told officers she became upset with her boyfriend over relationship issues. She left the room and reportedly returned to find him tearing apart her jewelry. In her version of the story, she yelled at him, he punched her, and she fell backward, hitting her head. Still on the ground, she noticed the sword, grabbed it and jabbed at him in self-defense, she reported.
He walked out of the bedroom, stood by the kitchen sink and went back to the bedroom where he collapsed, according to her. The trail of blood seemed to match her account. But police doubted key parts of her recollection.
Detectives believe the sword was probably kept in a sheath, especially with two small kids in the house.
“Based on that probability,” a Marysville detective wrote, “the sword would have to be removed from the sheath before (the man) was stabbed and that would lend credible evidence to the fact that (she) retrieved the sword, removed it from the sheath and stabbed (him) as he faced away, or walked away from her.”
Detectives believe she attacked the man when he was defenseless.
She had scratches on her face. She told police she’d done it to herself, because she felt ugly and believed her boyfriend would hurt her anyway.
The man, 31, underwent surgery at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. He was in critical condition. He remained at the hospital Monday.
The woman was arrested for investigation of first-degree domestic violence assault. An Everett District Court judge set bail at $500,000.
The man’s ex-girlfriend filed for a restraining order in July 2016, on behalf of her daughter, age 4. She accused the Marysville woman of hitting, kicking and bruising the young girl. The paperwork asked if it would be dangerous for the Marysville woman to have a weapon.
“Yes, she is mentally unstable,” the ex wrote. “She has recently been taken off her meds as she was pregnant.”
The Marysville woman accused her boyfriend of abuse in October 2016, amid a custody dispute over an infant son. The protection order alleging physical abuse was dismissed days later, at the request of both parties.
Records from the custody case show the woman suffered a brain injury in a car crash over a decade ago. She has been diagnosed with multiple mental health disorders. She also has struggled with addictions and relapses.
The couple asked to have the custody case dismissed in 2017 as they’d gotten back together.
Caleb Hutton: 425-339-3454; chutton@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @snocaleb.
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