A man who was arrested in Dulzura after stabbing two women in East County has been found guilty by a jury of attempted murder, assault, and evading sheriff’s deputies with reckless driving.
Sentencing was set for April 12 for Patrick Christian Douglas, 52, by El Cajon Superior Court Judge Herbert Exarhos.
Deputy District Attorney Jeff Lazar said Douglas faces 97 years to life because his prior felony convictions for assault, robbery, and burglary were found to be valid.
Guilty verdicts on all counts were returned against Douglas after the jury deliberated four hours on March 13. The bizarre attacks occurred on Nov. 7, 2017 to Shawntey Palmer and Dina Hammond that occurred minutes apart.
Palmer was stabbed 13 times while sitting with Douglas in his car in an El Cajon parking lot around 3 a.m. after he had picked her up on El Cajon Boulevard.
Hammond was a Frito-Lay delivery person and was stabbed as she was taking food items to the 7-Eleven store at 4610 Avocado Boulevard in La Mesa at 3:06 a.m.
U.S. Border Patrol agents found Douglas at 7:45 a.m. on Nov. 7 near the area of Freezer Road and state Route Highway 94 in Dulzura. They detained him and sheriff’s deputies said Douglas was the same man who fled from them.
Jurors also convicted Douglas of assault on a deputy sheriff in which he drove his car at him, said Lazar. Douglas remains in jail without bail.
