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LIVE OAK, Calif- A man is facing two counts of attempted murder after he stabbed his wife and 13-year-old daughter on Valentine's Day, said Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies.
Deputies were called out to a trailer park on Portola Drive just before 7 am Tuesday. They told Central Coast News when they got to the trailer park they saw the suspect, Christopher Lindner, trying to strangle a his wife who was covered in blood.
Deputy Pat Dimick tased Linder, saving the woman's life. Lindner stabbed his 13-year-old daughter in the mouth and he stabbed his wife in the face, said Deputy Skalland.
Both victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, said deputies.
At this time investigators have not released a motive for this Valentine's Day stabbing.
One neighbor who didn't want to be identified said something could've been prevented, especially after a problem at the family's trailer yesterday, "The paramedics were there yesterday, the fire department arrived, I don't know why they didn't catch the warning signs on that and keep a closer eye on the family. Same family, same trailer, obviously there's issues going on."
The woman also said it's a tight knit community, but nobody really knew linder or his family, "That's one family that pretty much stayed to themselves. Never really socialized with anyone else."
The scene at 2500 block of Portola Drive
Deputy Pat Dimick
