A person accused in a lethal screwdriver stabbing in Phoenix — an assault by which the sufferer was pinned between two autos — has been sentenced.
As a part of a plea settlement, 39-year-old Miguel Preciado was given a life sentence on Nov. 14 for the loss of life of 35-year-old Ethan Jaaziel Felix, in keeping with the Maricopa County Lawyer’s Workplace. Preciado had been charged with first-degree homicide within the Dec. 27, 2024, incident.
About 7:30 p.m.,on the date of the incident, Preciado deliberately struck Felix whereas reversing his automotive, trapping the person’s decrease physique between the rear ends of the suspect’s and sufferer’s autos, in keeping with charging paperwork. Preciado was suspected of choosing up a screwdriver from off the bottom and stabbing Felix a number of instances shortly earlier than fleeing the scene, in keeping with court docket paperwork.
A significantly injured Felix was discovered by police and brought to a hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless an hour later, in keeping with authorities.
Detectives decided that Felix’s loss of life was intentional based mostly on the timing of Preciado’s automobile actions and surveillance video displaying the suspect watching the sufferer within the parking zone, in keeping with charging paperwork.
Investigators situated Preciado’s automotive on Dec. 30 within the desert south of Saguaro Nationwide Park close to Tucson. Courtroom data mentioned that when authorities discovered him, he admitted to being concerned in a murder in Phoenix. He later informed Phoenix police that “he didn’t wish to consider he stabbed the sufferer,” in keeping with the court docket paperwork.
Preciado, was booked Jan. 1, 2025, within the case.
Preciado informed investigators he had been listening to voices for about 10 months earlier than Felix’s loss of life however didn’t know why he killed him, in keeping with charging paperwork. The 2 males didn’t know one another, although they lived in the identical constructing close to sixteenth Avenue and Thomas Highway in Phoenix, the charging paperwork mentioned.
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