Man followed trucker into a rest stop bathroom and stabbed him 17 times before fleeing in his semi: Police

Inset: Andrew Bzdak (Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office). Background: The Bitter Creek Rest Stop successful Rock Springs, Wyo. (Google Maps).

A California antheral could look beingness successful situation aft prosecutors said helium stabbed a motortruck operator respective times astatine a remainder halt successful Wyoming.

Andrew Bzdak, 44, is charged with attempted first-degree murder successful transportation with an onslaught connected 28-year-old Gurvinder Singh.

According to reporting connected the case by Wyoming-based quality outlet Cowboy State Daily, Singh is simply a motortruck operator from Sacramento, California, who stopped astatine the Bitter Creek Rest Stop successful Rock Springs, Wyoming, astir 3:30 a.m. connected Sept. 13. During a tribunal proceeding connected Wednesday, a Sweetwater County sheriff's lawman testified that surveillance videos captured Singh entering the restrooms, followed by a antheral investigators aboriginal identified arsenic Bzdak.

Moments aft the 2 men were seen entering the building, Bzdak was seen moving out. Singh was seen staggering retired of the restroom earlier collapsing to the ground.

According to an affidavit obtained by Cowboy State Daily, investigators said respective witnesses reported Singh's injuries and said they heard a conflict successful the men's restroom. A household told constabulary they saw Bzdak tally to his semitruck and allegedly fly the scene. The aforesaid household reportedly followed the motortruck and provided authorities with identifying details and photos of the truck.

When constabulary spoke to Singh, helium said helium was attacked from behind. He was capable to propulsion the antheral distant and spot that helium was allegedly holding a bluish knife. Singh told constabulary that the antheral who allegedly stabbed him did not accidental thing to him earlier the attack.

According to the affidavit, investigators said Singh suffered 17 weapon wounds, including 2 to his thorax and 2 to his neck. He survived and aboriginal recovered astatine home.

The Wyoming State Patrol spotted Bzdak's semitruck astatine a Flying J motortruck halt astir 5 a.m. the aforesaid morning. Bzdak was located and arrested without incident. During Wednesday's hearing, the sheriff's lawman said constabulary recovered a Walmart buying container containing covering and bedewed wipes that appeared to beryllium bloody.

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Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Jeff Sheaman told media outlets including Cowboy State Daily that constabulary did not person a wide motive for the onslaught connected Singh, who is Sikh. Sweetwater County Attorney Daniel Erramouspe told the outlet successful September that "there's nary denotation that it's a hatred crime."

Bzdak is presently successful custody astatine the Sweetwater County Detention Center, wherever helium is being held connected a $1 cardinal surety bond. His adjacent tribunal day was not made public.

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