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Judge declined to lock up Seattle stabbing suspect
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 25 - 07 - 2009

Six days before a Seattle woman was stabbed
to death in her home, a judge declined to have the suspect
locked up, according to AP.
Isaiah M.K. Kalebu, a 23-year-old man with a history of
mental illness, was arrested in the stabbing Friday night
and was scheduled to have a bail hearing at the King County
Jail on Saturday afternoon.
Earlier this month, he was out on bail pending trial on
charges that he threatened to kill his mother last year.
After a suspicious fire at his aunt's home killed two
people, prosecutors asked King County Superior Court Judge
Brian Gain to remand Kalebu to custody.
The fire occurred July 9, one day after the aunt, Rachel
Kalebu, filed for a protection order against him.
According to court documents cited by The Seattle Times,
Deputy King County Prosecutor Zac Hostetter said his
request was «based on concerns of mental instability and
Rachel Kalebu's protection order filed just prior to the
arson.»
Hostetter also noted that Kalebu had missed an earlier
court date. The judge, however, declined to jail Kalebu.
Six days later, on July 19, investigators say Kalebu
crawled through an open window at a home in Seattle's South
Park neighborhood and stabbed 39-year-old Teresa Butz to
death. Her partner was injured in the attack.
Seattle police have called the South Park stabbings one of
the most brutal crimes they have seen. The victims
eventually managed to get outside after the attack.
Before she died, Butz talked to a neighbor, Albert
Barrientes, saying of the attacker: «He told us if we did
what he asked us to do, he wouldn't hurt us. He lied, he
lied.»
Butz's partner, who has not been identified, was released
Monday from Harborview Medical Center.
Kalebu was arrested Friday after police released
surveillance video showing him with his pit bull and a
Metro bus driver spotted him with the dog near Seattle's
Magnuson Park. Authorities declined to say what evidence
linked him to the stabbing.
He remains the only person of interest in the fatal July 9
fire at his aunt's home in University Place, but
authorities have been awaiting lab results in the case.
«When we saw the video of the suspect with the pit bull,
all of our hearts down here skipped a beat,» said Sgt. Ed
Troyer of the Pierce County sheriff's office, which is
investigating the fire. «Unfortunately, we didn't have
enough to arrest him.»
The harassment charges Kalebu faces stem from a March 2008
incident in which he is accused of threatening his mother
after she confronted him about not taking prescribed
medication for «bipolar and manic-depressive» conditions.
Kalebu told his mother, «Enjoy your last day on earth,»
and left the house, only to return the next day and throw a
large rock through the windshield of her car, a police
affidavit said.
After his arrest, a state psychologist evaluated Kalebu at
Western State Hospital. The evaluation found he «did not
have the capacity to rationally understand» the case
against him.
Butz is the sister of the Tony-winning Broadway star
Nobert Leo Butz, who has a lead role in the new musical
«Catch Me If You Can» based on the 2002 Steven Spielberg
film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Preview
performances of the musical at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre
were canceled after the slaying. The performances are
scheduled to resume Tuesday.


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