A MAN IS HOSPITALIZED IN SERIOUS CONDITION AND A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A VICIOUS STABBING THURSDAY MORNING IN ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE ALLEGE THAT 36 YEAR OLD FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ ATTACKED THE VICTIM WITHOUT PROVOCATION NEAR MENAUL AND BRYN MAWR.
WITNESSES SAY THE 70 YEAR OLD VICTIM WAS IN HIS YARD WHEN THE ATTACK OCCURRED. HE SUFFERED STAB WOUNDS TO HIS FACE, CHEST, ABDOMEN AND THIGH…AND POLICE SAY IT APPEARS THE ATTACKER EVEN SLIT THE MAN’S THROAT.
RODRIGUEZ IS IN JAIL, FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES.
