Suspect In Stabbing Still At Large

Whitman County sheriff’s deputies are still searching for a suspect in a stabbing at a farm west of Colfax, Wash., on Sunday morning.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Arnoldo Everett, 42, in connection with a stabbing that hospitalized a fellow migrant farm worker.

Everett was charged with one count of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault.

He has a criminal history and is considered armed and dangerous.

Saul Flores Vasaquez, 33, was transported to Whitman Memorial Hospital and then Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane by Med Star early Sunday and was in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery.

According to Whitman County Sheriff Steve Tomson, Everett and Vasaquez both worked pulling rye grass from wheat crops at Miller Farms, near Huntley Road.

Everett had arrived from Yakima just a few days before the stabbing. He and Vasaquez were returning home from the Eagles Club in Colfax when the two began arguing, Tomson said. When they returned, Everett allegedly armed himself with a large knife and attacked Vasaquez, Tomson said.

Officers from Whitman County, the Washington State Patrol, Colfax, WSU, Pullman and Walla Walla searched the area most of Sunday for Everett, aided by a WSP plane and canine units from the Walla Walla County sheriff’s office.

Patrol continues to be heavy in the area west of Colfax where Everett was last spotted.

Prior to his arrival in Washington, Everett had spent nine years in prison in Nevada where he was convicted of attempted murder, Tomson said.

He is described as an Hispanic male, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 157 pounds, with a scar on his forehead. He was last seen wearing blue or black jeans, a light colored T-shirt and work boots.