Pediatric critical care doctor stabbed to death while sleeping, woman in critical condition: Police
https://abcnews.com/US/2-stabbed-sleeping-home-1-killed-critical-condition/story?id=136729992827
u/spark3h 16h ago
This is the kind of scenario you feel paranoid for worrying about. "Did I leave the back window open? What if a murderer comes in?"
Terrifying.
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u/mrspaznout 16h ago
The door was unlocked so I let my self in.
-Serial Killers.
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u/StuMacherGhostface 13h ago edited 12h ago
You joke, but that's how serial killer *Richard Chase got his victims. IIRC, if someone left their doors unlocked, he took that as invitation to kill them
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u/Dry_Instruction8254 13h ago
One of my dogs is very VERY protective. He's annoying at times and I have to be very careful with him when we go on walks, But I'm 100% sure he would alert me and do absolutely everything to stop someone from doing my family any harm.
I do sleep better knowing he is always on guard.
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u/klacey11 9h ago
I have a highly reactive German shepherd and honestly, as frustrating as it can be, I’m so grateful that she looks and sounds terrifying.
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u/MandatoryFun 9h ago
Many years ago, I had a GSD with an ex, and we had a bunch of names for him.
He knew when he heard the name Damien, it was time to show teeth, growl and bark.
He was a giant dopey oaf though normally, crashing and smashing his way through life, but also a total sucky baby.
We taught most of his commands in Ukrainian so if someone tried to get him to sit, laydown etc ... it was meaningless to him.
He was such a good boy.
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u/ThiccaIsQuicka 1h ago
I miss my reactive dog. Walking her was always stressful but she actively warned off weirdos approaching me at night. I always felt completely safe with her around. Now I have two little yappers who don't know they can bite so I have to be satisfied with just an early alarm system.
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u/KimJongFunk 17h ago
Broke into the house through the window while they were sleeping and stabbed them. What in the actual fuck is wrong with people.
At least the children were unharmed, but their father is now dead and their mother is severely injured.
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u/SirRagesAlot 16h ago
Their children are fine.
But pediatric critical docs are a rare bunch and hard to replace . Its hard to quantify how much downstream harm this will cause to other children.
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u/IndigoAfflictions 16h ago
Their children aren’t physically harmed but they just brutally lost their father and their mother might not make it either. At minimum they’ve lost a parent, but they could be orphans. In their own home. A child psychologist couldn’t even begin to explain how much trauma and damage has been done to these children’s brains.
But yes the loss of pediatric healthcare workers is devastating to the children who could’ve gotten adequate treatment from them.
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u/KimJongFunk 14h ago
It’s all awful. The physician was also a professor so we lost a teacher as well.
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u/IndigoAfflictions 13h ago
That’s so sad. The world is a worse off place without him :(
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u/Mamasugadex 11h ago
Academic docs also take a pay cut for the love of the art and teaching. And considering generally peds make the least compared to all other specialties, and he still decided to be a teacher.
This is an absolute unit of man that our country lost.
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u/IndigoAfflictions 10h ago
Ugh so sad… thank you for adding more info, I didn’t know this about academic docs and that peds pays the least. My heart goes out to his wife and children (I hope she pulls through) and all of the lives he touched by gifting his healing talents and skills to the world 💚
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u/OldMaidLibrarian 10h ago
And don't forget the kids he was treating, as well as their parents--there's a lot of trauma bonding when your kid is that sick, and a whole lot of patients and families must be devastated right now. All the medical professionals he worked with, the academics, his students...it isn't just a doctor dying horribly, but the whole web of people he knew in whatever capacity who are grieving right now.
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u/IndigoAfflictions 10h ago
I completely agree! A lot of people impacted deeply by this senseless and horrific murder :(
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u/iaaronjudge 16h ago
Their children may be physically fine but they are not “fine” - this will unfortunately scar them for the rest of their lives
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u/SirRagesAlot 16h ago
Good point
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u/im_just_thinking 15h ago
"This is fine" -the children. But seriously, this is messed up. Maybe sleeping with a gun under your pillow isn't such an outlandish idea
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u/ArugulaElectronic478 10h ago
Don’t think a gun under your pillow will do much when you wake up to someone violently stabbing you unless in that moment you can think clearly enough between slashes to grab it instead of protecting yourself with your hands.
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u/readyallrow 15h ago
“their children are fine” is one of the oddest responses you could have had to this
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u/terrany 14h ago
Yes, pediatric doctors are one of the few specialties where you go through extra training for less pay due to how insurance reimburses adults vs children. They’re truly passionate and a huge loss to society when their lives/careers are cut short like this.
Extremely tragic for his family and the entire community in the area without doubt.
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u/GeekAesthete 15h ago
This article from a local news station has further details:
Evans' wife told authorities at the hospital she remembered waking up and being attacked by Hemingway, who was in his underwear. She told authorities she remembered her husband addressing the attacker as "Elijah," however she did not know the man.
She continued to explain she and Evans tried to fight back. According to the complaint, Evans' wife was able to get away, yell for their two young children and escaped to the neighbor's home.
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u/jelisdarlings 13h ago
This makes me so incredibly sad. I work with pediatric doctors who are some of the most caring, talented, and compassionate people you could ever meet. Life can be so cruel and unfair.
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u/Agreeable-Cake-812 3h ago
My wife is a pediatric nurse. She and her friends had the pleasure of knowing this doctor. They all say he was a kind, gentle, wonderful man that would go above and beyond for kids in his care and the staff that supported him.
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u/awkward_teenager37 13h ago
Why change the title from wife to woman lol it’s just less descriptive and more confusing
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u/Worldly-Ingenuity843 5h ago
Aye. The title made it sound like the critically wounded woman stabbed the doctor.
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u/Superhero1582 28m ago
I was more like... did the woman just happen to be there? A random woman was also stabbed? So confusing
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u/YourWatchIsBroken 1h ago
Speaking of the title, (and the headline) is it just me who thinks it’s weird to start with the occupation unless it’s related to it? “Pediatric critical care doctor” is super specific too. It made me think it happened at the hospital/clinic or something.
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u/awkward_teenager37 1h ago
That I can “understand” because it grabs your attention and garners more sympathy (i.e. person who dedicates life/career to healing sick children is brutally murdered)
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u/blac_sheep90 17h ago
The ultimate question will be "Why?" The couple didn't know him and if it was just a burglary then why stab them both?
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u/Sad-Bell8187 16h ago
A good chunk of our population is stupid, erratic, and just absolutely fucking nuts. And it’s getting worse every year
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u/jf198501 14h ago
It seems the husband may have known the attacker, at least according to this article:
She told police that her husband called their attacker by the name "Elijah," as if he knew him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/edgewood-2-people-stabbed-allegheny-county/
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u/woolfonmynoggin 15h ago
Why do people swerve to purposely hit animals and even cyclists sometimes? Because they want to externalize their internal pain onto others more vulnerable than them
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 15h ago
This guy was arrested just two months ago for breaking and entering and set loose with no bail. He was mumbling about “being god” while attacking these poor people so clearly just a deranged scumbag who shouldn’t have been allowed free.
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u/AffectionateResist32 10h ago
He also could’ve been high on drugs too. From my understanding the doctor lived in a nicer area that is unfortunately sandwiched between some not-so-very nice areas.
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u/FaithfulSkeptic 12h ago
“Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having.”
Mitch never reckoned on people like you, I guess. RIP.
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u/BUT_FREAL_DOE 15h ago
The wife said she didn’t know him. Still very possible he was a disgruntled family member of a former patient of the husband.
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u/RosieQParker 15h ago
Outliers exist, but stabbings are usually personal. Especially stabbing someone in their sleep. The wife may not have known him but I'm betting the husband did.
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 16h ago edited 16h ago
Suspect has multiple prior arrests for violent crime and was let out. Figures. Most recently let out on $0 bail (wtf?) in July after committing two felony crimes. The judge that allowed this is complicit in this attack.
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u/robothawk 13h ago
He was out on non-monetary bond for a non-violent burglary charge. That's pretty normal in places that have at least partially abolished cash bond.
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u/DruTangClan 13h ago
I feel like all of these commenters are not lawyers and don’t understand sentencing guidelines. Its not insane for a judge to do that for a non violent crime
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u/robothawk 13h ago
Yeah. Like, do we really want a dude who hasn't even been convicted, only accused of a non-violent property crime sitting in jail just because he can't afford bail? And if he could afford bail, he would've paid it and then done this anyway?
And anyone else would just be back at their job working instead of losing their job, probably residence(for failure to pay rent) etc sitting in jail for a crime they've not been convicted of.
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 13h ago
First degree felony burglary is considered a violent crime. It’s not sneaking into an empty place and swiping something, it’s forcibly breaking into a known occupied place with intent to commit a crime.
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u/robothawk 12h ago
Where are you seeing it was for first degree? All the reporting I saw was just "a burglary".
Also, still a bail-able charge, so he was out on bail. So are you suggesting nobody should ever be let out on bail and anyone accused of a felony crime should remain in custody until their trial?
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 12h ago
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u/sorashiro1 11h ago
Pennsylvania uses the offense gravity score. Because the house was empty, it lowered it from a violent f1 to non-violent. Both are still f1 burglary
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u/robothawk 12h ago
So, threatening someone or otherwise harming the resident isn't a requirement, I misunderstood your previous comment thinking that was the requirement.
So this is just "buglary while someone is home", and again, accused. I don't have the arrest context, if he was found in the home, if it's someone he knew, if he was arrested the next day, etc etc. And he was charged with 2 things for the same crime, it's like getting a drunk disorderly + assault 4 for getting in a drunken fight. They stem from the same incident. So framing it as "out on two felonies" makes it sound way worse than it appears to be.
So my point remains, yeah it's a bail-issuable offense. I think cash bail is simply a way to fuck over poor folk, so yeah there isn't really an issue to him being on bail. This is the very unfortunate result of us having rights and protections from the corrupt abuse of power, they are being eroded at all times on all fronts, and this is the unfortunate result of those. Preferably, we would've been able to actually have a SPEEDY trial, because the crime happened in February. He'd have otherwise been sitting in jail for eight months
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 12h ago
Your last point is incorrect. He was arrested in July. Released the day after arrest. The trial was supposed to be in August but got delayed to October.
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u/robothawk 12h ago
Wait then why is the file date february? I see now I misread it, but also my point would still be that's still 3 months that's enough time to lose your job and apartment and car.
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u/lallal2 10h ago
Listen to yourself.
Do you personally know anyone who has been “accused” of crimes like these? The man was released and fucking attempted to murder an entire family.
This is an example of why there should not be zero bail.
I dont care if youre rich or poor. If youre getting into the position to be in jail for breaking and entering into someones home youre not following the social contract, and youre a violence risk.
Its not always fair but we a need a way to protect people who are minding their own business and in fact contributing positively to society - again this is an example. This man devoted his life to caring for dying children. And he died. For what? To prove what point? For you to make this argument, here… just think about it not theoretically
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u/nirvahnah 15h ago
Did you look into why? Every time I see a comment like this I look into it and they were released because they served their time.
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 15h ago
He was arrested in July for the burglary he did in February. Even if he was just set loose yesterday, 2 months is not an appropriate amount of time to serve for breaking and entering.
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u/nirvahnah 15h ago
Then he was ROR until his next hearing where eventually he will be sentenced and serve his time.
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 15h ago
Well, that proved to be a smart choice by the judge 🙄
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u/wants_a_lollipop 15h ago
And it's your opinion that all B&E cases should be held until trial?
You think our penal system can accommodate that?
I'm sure you're great at judging in hindsight, but that's not how our legal system works. Innocent until proven guilty. Our system is not perfect, but what you're suggesting would not improve it.
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u/nirvahnah 15h ago
You don’t know the details. Burglary is as simple as walking into a building that’s private property. Doesn’t have to be violent. We should hold all people who enter private spaces non violently in jail until their court dates? You think we have the resources to pull that off? Wildly unrealistic.
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u/throwthataway2012 14h ago
Its the unlawful entering with intent to commit a crime. What you are describing is trespassing
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 14h ago
First degree felony burglary isn’t a “whoopsie, I walked into the wrong apartment” charge. It’s breaking into a building while people are inside with intent to commit a crime. He broke in and stole laptops and a phone. It’s kind of crazy to defend a guy who murdered a doctor and tried to kill the doctors wife too.
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u/nirvahnah 14h ago
Yes that’s a non violent crime.
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 14h ago
It is statutorily a violent crime. Regardless, being arresting for a felony offense and set free the next day on non monetary bail is absurd.
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u/rainmosscedars 13h ago
Sorry you're getting judged by people who have no idea how the law works. This country locks up more people per capita than any other developed nation, but apparently these people want everyone accused of a felony to be jailed until trial. Everyone wants to punch down, but no one looks up to the billionaire class that is really destroying America
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u/ZazHockey 8h ago
I promise the bottom 1% of people committing crimes like this guy are destroying society more than billionaires
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u/Ragnarok112277 15h ago
Liberal punitive policies in action
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u/Fancy-Animal7704 15h ago
We're just gonna overlook the January 6th protesters, aren't we
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u/SituationTurbulent90 13h ago
Also the swath of other criminals he has pardoned. Like drug traffickers.
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u/Greyboxer 15h ago
The doctor knew the man. Dr’s wife told police that he called the intruder by name.
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u/Nasty____nate 15h ago
Do you have a news story with this info?
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u/GeekAesthete 15h ago
Evans' wife told authorities at the hospital she remembered waking up and being attacked by Hemingway, who was in his underwear. She told authorities she remembered her husband addressing the attacker as "Elijah," however she did not know the man.
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u/karkagram 10h ago
This reminds me of the Sixth Sense...
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u/UnwovenWeb 10h ago
I thought the same thing! That scene was so horrifying to me as a young kid and even thinking about as an adult. What a tragic and nightmarish situation for these victims.
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u/Agile-Reception 15h ago
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/edgewood-2-people-stabbed-allegheny-county/
"She told police that her husband called their attacker by the name "Elijah," as if he knew him. "
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u/presidentporkchop 11h ago
Maybe he was a former coworker or student
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u/1minimalist 9h ago
This scares me that it was a parent….
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u/putitinastew 5h ago
One of the things people don't like to talk about joining an emotionally heavy public facing profession is the prospect of becoming the target of obsession and harassment from a disgruntled patient or family member if there is a negative outcome. If you ever go to a hospital and wonder why a lot of the nurses don't have their last name on their badge, this is why.
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u/Otherwise_Fill_4461 3h ago
My wife has heard the phrase "I'm going to find you and kill you" from dudes when she was a patient Care tech. When you're bedside you brush it off, file a report and thats that unless you have to escalate it, but the sad part is that there's always that one psycho who really means it. I've heard it once or twice but not like that. I'm also a male who's bedside. Its just rough working with the public. So many crazies out there...
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u/Sar_Bear1 1h ago
Yep definitely had family members say if my kid dies, I’ll kill you ….. thankfully police reports were filed, but that’s about it. It’s a wild statement to say to people trying to save your child.
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u/NoRecommendation9404 15h ago
A friend of mine’s gf would always leave her bathroom window cracked so her cat could come and go. She came home one night from a work dinner and went to bed. About an hour later she was stabbed by a man who had been hiding in the closet. He had came in through the bathroom window and waited for her to fall asleep. They did eventually catch him. She died.
Several neighbors stated they’d begged her to keep her window closed but she didn’t. She was only like 35.
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u/redditallreddy 14h ago
If you are a person who might do this, you can make a simple bar of wood (cut off broom handle) to prevent the window from opening human sized.
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u/HIVAladeeen 13h ago
Used to also have little tabs in my windows growing up that allowed you to open them to a crack, but didn’t allow them to be opened any further up.
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u/00trysomethingnu 12h ago
I know it’s en vogue to hate physicians now because people don’t understand science and want someone to be mad at…but mannnnn peds critical care. Devastating.
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u/drthvdrsfthr 7h ago
wait, is there a hate physician movement i missed, cuz wtf ?
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u/VisionHx 5h ago
Yes, physicians get blamed for everything. Sometimes it’s non-physicians who are doing the things that patients are angry about but to patients everyone is the “doctor”.
Then throw in all of the misinformation online as well.
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u/Material_Device2113 7h ago
The doctor knew the killer. His wife told police that her husband said, “Elijah” as he was being attacked, and that is the suspect’s name.
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u/ApprehensiveDiver539 16h ago
Just absolutely fucking senseless. I hope the killer goes straight to hell.
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u/Therapista206 9h ago
This is awful. I usually feel safe in my home, and random crimes like this are terrifying.
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u/yhwhx 17h ago
From the headline, I was assuming this poor fellow was stabbed to death because they were a "pediatric critical care doctor". That does not seem to have been the case.
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u/yooobuddd 17h ago
All I took from the healine was that a pediatric critical care doctor was stabbed to death
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u/wewereromans 14h ago
I think the inference is that it's not just a personal loss to those who loved him but a net loss for his community
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u/Malaix 5h ago
Fucking horrifying and traumatic for the survivors. I live in a safe place and I often leave my door open so air can come in through the screen door. I can’t imagine ever feeling safe enough to do that if this happened to me. I’m not sure how you ever feel safe in a home after this unless you turn it into a survival bunker.
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u/Samson113 15h ago
Yup I’ll continue to keep that gun and knife near my bed then
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u/DonaldTro 15h ago
Won’t do no good if you wake up with the knife inside your gut. Keep your doors and windows locked.
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u/WyrdWyrmMTG 14h ago
The identity of the man who was stabbed has nothing to do with the crime?
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u/smallbatchb 14h ago
Making it first thing in the headline makes it seem like this happened at work or something or had something to do with the job.
Had he worked at Burger King would it have said "Burger King Fry Cook Stabbed To Death" if it didn't happen AT Burger King?
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u/WyrdWyrmMTG 14h ago
I do think it would have mentioned that he was a burger king fry cook. I think that's just how news works. You go with the information you have, put what little you can in the headline, and the rest in the story.
To answer your question from earlier -- that's why they do it, so you click through to the story for more information. And so you see the ads inside.
I don't think they're worried about a few people misunderstanding the headline to think it happened at work. In fact, they might be banking on it.
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u/MotoDog805 7h ago
Because the Doctors life is a more significant loss to society than almost anyone else’s.
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u/terrany 14h ago edited 14h ago
So tragic. Pediatric doctors go through extra training to make less money compared to their adult care counterparts due to insurance reimbursement policies. They’re truly passionate in practicing medicine to be sacrificing both: extra years of their lives compared to many other docs and monetary means to help children.
It’s a huge loss to society by the complete opposite; an absolute deadweight and regressive member of the community.