Everett man charged in knife attacks

EVERETT, Wash. – Authorities have charged an Everett man with second-degree murder and first-degree assault following a knife attack that killed a 78-year-old woman and injured her 62-year-old daughter.

The Daily Herald reported that court papers filed Friday list the charges against 31-year-old John Dimitri Kuljis.

Barbara Decker died, and Janine Shaffer sustained injuries in the Feb. 19 attack in Decker’s Snohomish-area home.

Authorities said Kuljis cut both women’s throats with a knife used to cut carpet.

Documents said Kuljis was in the home with his uncle, who was doing construction work on a bathroom.

The uncle told officials that they fled after the attack, and the nephew threw the knife out the window.

Kuljis is being held on $1.5 million bail. Police haven’t stated a motive for the attack.