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Homeless Florida man stabs hiker who befriended him on trail, deputies say
Fox News ^ | Stephen Sorace |

Posted on 11/03/2022 9:13:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A homeless Florida man in bloody clothes was arrested Tuesday after stabbing a hiker who befriended him on a trail for "unknown reasons," authorities said.

The stabbing happened on the Florida Natural Scenic Trail in Crestview after the hiker and his wife set up camp and met the homeless man, who was later identified as 37-year-old Jonathan Davis, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said.

Davis stabbed the 45-year-old hiker, who was visiting from Ohio, in the abdomen and left the area, according to authorities. Investigators said it was unclear what led to the attack.

The hiker’s wife trekked to an area where she could use her cell phone and called 911 for help. Her husband was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition but was expected to survive.

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1 posted on 11/03/2022 9:13:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Local story here....................


2 posted on 11/03/2022 9:16:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

Unknown reasons? What did the stabbing victim have to say about it? As a WAG, I suspect a nut case with a criminal record looking for someone to rob and ending up with attempted murder?


3 posted on 11/03/2022 9:17:02 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: BenLurkin

since he didn’t attack a Democrat politician’s spouse, he will most likely be let loose immediately to victimize more innocent citizens.


4 posted on 11/03/2022 9:17:51 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: BenLurkin

(who befriended him on a trail for “unknown reasons,”)

Well.......


5 posted on 11/03/2022 9:18:22 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t pet the bison.


6 posted on 11/03/2022 9:18:46 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Always befriend people off the trail for known reasons

😜


7 posted on 11/03/2022 9:19:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: john drake

‘Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet’ -Jim Mattis


8 posted on 11/03/2022 9:20:33 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: BenLurkin

No good deed goes unstabbed.


9 posted on 11/03/2022 9:20:39 AM PDT by moovova
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To: BenLurkin
Another one of Satan’s fr’kn animals running loose in the country….

Thanks DemocRATS!!

10 posted on 11/03/2022 9:21:04 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Nah, it’s Florida. He’ll be held without bail, charged with attempted murder and get a cot and three hots for 10 years.


11 posted on 11/03/2022 9:21:15 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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To: BenLurkin

That Florida Man needs to chill.


12 posted on 11/03/2022 9:21:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“Her husband was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition but was expected to survive”

Well that’s good news anyway.......I suspect dude will be incarcerated for quite a while.


13 posted on 11/03/2022 9:22:01 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Red Badger

Paranoid schizophrenic? Meth head?


14 posted on 11/03/2022 9:22:09 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: BenLurkin

This is why I never hike or camp without a gun AND knife at my side.


15 posted on 11/03/2022 9:22:55 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Not in Florida, or at least that part of it.


16 posted on 11/03/2022 9:23:01 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: FamiliarFace

Probably all three..............


17 posted on 11/03/2022 9:24:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin
I have read of a number of cases where a person helps someone in need, only to have that person attack them.

It happened to a close friend of mine, who was constantly helping homeless transients.

On the radio, one evening, I heard he had been stabbed in the chest and was taken to the hospital with a punctured lung.

When I talked to him about it, he said the person who stabbed him was a very nice guy, when he wasn't drinking...

18 posted on 11/03/2022 9:33:00 AM PDT by marktwain
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Why do all crime stories in the US either have the word “Teen” or “Florida Man” in the title? i never see “Montana Man” or “Iowa Woman” or “Vietnamese Kid”


19 posted on 11/03/2022 9:34:25 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: BenLurkin

He was probably a MAGA Republican Conservative who saw the hiker was wearing Birkenstocks or something.

At least, that is what the Left will say. I am so sick of this.


20 posted on 11/03/2022 9:34:36 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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