Stabbing in Willows

By Larry Judkins

Glenn County Observer

A person suffered a serious stab wound at the Cedar Hills apartment complex Sunday morning, March 17.

Presently, the only details regarding the incident come from information broadcast over the police scanner. Information from scanner broadcasts should always be accepted only with a great deal of caution, as such information is often based on reports from people who were not eyewitnesses, people who may have been on hand at the time of the incident but who may have jumped to conclusions about what actually happened, people who lied in order to protect someone, etc.

Watch The Observer over the coming days for more definitive updates regarding this incident.

According to the Glenn County Communications Center, shortly before 7 a.m. on Sunday, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Cedar Hills Apartments for a report of a person suffering from a stab wound. Willows Fire Department volunteers soon followed, and it was announced that an ambulance was “less than a minute out” and was responding Code 3 (lights and sirens).

An “air ambulance” (medical helicopter) was requested. At about 7:15 a.m., Enloe FlightCare said that they have about a 12-minute estimated time of arrival (ETA) to Willows.

Child Protective Services (CPS) was requested for a one-year-old baby at the scene. CPS replied that they would call back with an ETA.

Initially, the plan was for the FlightCare helicopter to land at the Willows Airport. However, the stabbing victim was transported first by ground ambulance from the apartment complex to Glenn Medical Center, and it was decided the helicopter would land at the hospital rather than the airport.

CPS arrived on scene [presumably at the apartments] at about 7:30 a.m.

FlightCare was “on the ground at Glenn Medical” a moment later. It is not known when the helicopter took off or which hospital it flew to.

One of the many current unknowns is how the victim sustained the stab wound. Was it the result of an accident? For example, did the victim fall while holding a knife?

Was the stab wound intentionally self-inflicted? Or did someone else stab the victim in an attempted homicide?

Again, watch The Observer for updates.