A man who was arrested in Dulzura after stabbing two women was sentenced April 26 to 69 years and four months in state prison.
Consecutive terms were handed down to Patrick Christian Douglas, 52, by El Cajon Superior Court Judge Herbert Exarhos.
A jury convicted Douglas on March 13 on all counts after they deliberated four hours. He was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, assault, and evading sheriff’s deputies with reckless driving.
The bizarre attacks occurred on Nov. 7, 2017 to Shawntey Palmer and Dina Hammond just minutes apart. Neither one knew Douglas or each other.
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.
Deputy District Attorney Jeff Lazar asked for the maximum sentence. Hammond made a victim impact statement before sentencing.
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.
Exarhos gave him credit for already serving 616 days in jail and fined Douglas $10,574.
