Davis stabbings: Suspect was a UC Davis student until last week
Davis police said they made an arrest of a man in connection with three stabbings that gripped the ordinarily quiet college town in recent days.
Former UC Davis student Carlos Reales Dominguez, 21, was detained Wednesday after someone called to report a person matching the description of the suspect authorities released, officials said.
Police transported Dominguez to police headquarters in downtown Davis for questioning and found a large knife in his possession, authorities said. He was also wearing clothing similar to what witnesses described the suspect wearing during the third stabbing.
Dominguez was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, police said. He remains in custody at Yolo County jail. Officials suspect he stabbed two people to death and attempted to kill a third, who survived the attack.
The case was handed over to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, authorities said.
“He ... spoke for a long time,” Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said at a news conference Thursday, although adding he could not go into details on the suspect’s interview.
A search warrant has been issued for Dominguez’s residence, according to police. He was a student at UC Davis until last week and was living with several roommates.
According to UC Davis, Dominguez was a third-year student at the university until April 25 when he and the university were “separated for academic reasons.”
Investigators believe that Dominguez is from the Bay Area but did not provide a specific city of residence prior to his time in Davis.
Among the victims was Karim Abou Najm, a UC Davis senior who is the son of a professor. The 20-year-old's memorial service was on Thursday morning.
Najm was set to graduate this spring with a degree in computer science. He was found dead Saturday in Sycamore Park.
Last Thursday, David Henry Breaux, 50, a local author and former San Francisco resident, was found dead on a bench in Davis' Central Park last Thursday morning. The third victim, a woman, was stabbed multiple times while in her tent in a homeless encampment.
The woman, who was not identified by police, survived but was listed in critical condition.
Pytel said that the killings could be classified as “serial killings” based on the definition.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
