SALT LAKE CITY — A 21-year-old University of Utah employee was arrested on attempted murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his coworker in the neck with a knife he brought from home.
According to the university, on Wednesday morning, two part-time janitors were working in a building in the Ft. Douglas area when Jose Alfredo Ramirez-Porchas allegedly stabbed the 19-year-old victim.
In addition, court documents said the victim had his back turned from Ramirez-Porchas at the time of the attack.
Following the stabbing, the victim ran away from Ramirez-Porchas and was able to be treated on the scene for what officials described as superficial wounds to his neck.
Later in the afternoon, University of Utah police were able to locate Ramirez-Porchas near the Alta Ski Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon and took him into custody.
Porchas admitted to officers that he had decided the previous night to kill the victim, despite the victim not having done anything to motivate the attack.
Ramirez-Porchas was arrested on one charge of Aggravated Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, but university officials told FOX 13 News that they are preparing attempted murder charges against him.
