Woman pulls over to exchange info with man she got into minor car crash with and gets stabbed 19 times and left for dead in Burger King parking lot, police say

An Arizona pistillate was recovered stabbed and "brutally beaten" successful a Burger King parking batch aft pulling implicit to speech info with a antheral she got into a insignificant car crash with, who attacked her "without provocation," according to police.

Joseph Sellers, 30, is charged with attempted second-degree murder for the Feb. 20 incident, which near the unfortunate hospitalized with a collapsed lung and 19 "individual stab wounds astir a fractional inch successful magnitude connected her face, neck, and near torso, causing superior and disfiguring wounded to the victim," according to tribunal documents obtained by Law&Crime.

A probable origin affidavit for Sellers' apprehension says helium told constabulary the 2 of them pulled implicit adjacent the Mesa Burger King wherever his unfortunate was recovered "brutally beaten and severely bleeding" aft getting into a insignificant conveyance collision with him.

"The suspect stated helium was aggravated astir the collision and believed helium was being 'gang stalked,'" the affidavit alleges. "He pulled implicit to speech information, erstwhile the unfortunate reached into her purse and helium knew Arizona to beryllium an 'open transportation state' truthful helium began punching the unfortunate aggregate times, lasting anyplace from 30 seconds to 1 minute, matching the surveillance of the incident."

Sellers allegedly admitted that "it was tenable that she whitethorn person been attempting to drawback her accusation for him," but helium didn't care, according to the affidavit.

"He admitted his intentions were to harm the victim, and had taken her compartment telephone afterwards successful an effort to place if she was pursuing him, adjacent though they were going other directions during the broadside swipe collision," the affidavit says.

Mesa Police recovered the unfortunate successful the Burger King parking lot, located astatine 4403 E. Broadway Road, and transported her to the hospital. She besides suffered a breached bony and was "bleeding profusely from her face, neck, and chest" erstwhile officers made interaction with her, according to cops.

"She attempted to telephone constabulary aft the different operator had departed but recovered her compartment telephone missing," the affidavit says. "[The victim] was capable to bash truthful utilizing her astute watch."

Sellers fled the authorities aft the onslaught and was located successful Las Vegas respective days later, according to police. He was allegedly down the instrumentality of the aforesaid conveyance helium was driving connected the time of the stabbing, but its rims had been painted a antithetic color. Sellers was besides reportedly caught with the victim's cellphone.

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"A hunt warrant was authored for the defendant's vehicle, astatine which clip aggregate container cutters were located, matching the injuries sustained by the victim," the affidavit says. "The suspect was interviewed nether Miranda, astatine which clip helium … admitted to being successful a postulation collision with the victim, whom was a implicit alien to him, and engaging successful an battle against her."

Sellers was extradited backmost to Mesa, Arizona, and booked connected charges of attempted second-degree murder, equipped robbery, and burglary. He is scheduled to look astatine a preliminary proceeding connected April 2.