A 25-year-old man killed a 70-year-old Martin County, Florida, woman after he stabbed her more than 16 times while she was walking her dog in an unprovoked attack on Thursday afternoon.
The suspect, Kersten Francilus, was actively stabbing the unidentified victim as law enforcement arrived at the scene.
Law enforcement said that Francilus does not live in the neighborhood.
The Martin County Sheriff said Francilus was looking for a new bank in the area before he fatally stabbed the elderly victim.
“The individuals that we spoke to, and they range from smaller children to older people, said that he walked up to several front doors, knocked on the doors, and then asked them where the new bank was,” said Martin County Sheriff John Budensieko.
“There is no bank around here. But, he asked several people where the new bank was. At which point, after his interaction with them, he turned and walked down the driveway to the next place,” he said.
“Neighbors began calling the Sheriff’s Office after a man was reportedly knocking on doors and acting erratically, the Martin County Sheriff’s Department said.
“A short time later, the suspect encountered a woman in the street of the residential neighborhood and began a vicious, unprovoked attack, stabbing her multiple times. The victim was critically injured,” the sheriff said.
Francilus appeared in court on Friday morning after he fatally stabbed the woman.
“He stabbed her, the victim, upwards of 16 times, and was actively stabbing her while the responding deputy was responding to the scene,” the prosecutor said.
“He spoke with law enforcement and did state that he killed her, and when asked to describe her, the only way that he could describe her was that she was Jewish,” the prosecutor said, according to CBS 12.
“Francilus is being held without bond on a first-degree premeditated murder charge,” WPTV reported.
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