Couple accused of stabbing, carjacking DoorDash driver appear in court

A couple accused of stabbing and carjacking a DoorDash driver near Sequim appeared in court Tuesday.

Kitsap County prosecutors said deputies found the couple passed out in the stolen car with their seven children inside.

“Two of them are just sitting on their parents’ laps. The other five are crammed in the back seat. There’s no car seats. The children weren’t properly clothed. Some of them were just in diapers. Didn’t have shoes on,” prosecutors said in court.

Bail was set at $100,000 for the mother and $500,000 for the father, who may also face charges of attempted murder in Clallam County. The seven children are in protective custody.

DoorDash driver carjacked near Sequim

Earlier this week, a good Samaritan picked up the family and paid a huge price for his kindness.

The 69-year-old was delivering for DoorDash when he saw a family walking along Highway 101 near Sequim. Deputies said he stopped to help and gave the family a ride, but within minutes, witnesses in a car behind them saw a struggle inside the vehicle — then saw the man fall from the driver’s side door.

“All he knows was he stopped to pick up this family with the kids, and then he was beaten up and stabbed, and they stole his car,” Clallam County Undersheriff Lorraine Shore said. “He had suffered a wound to his neck. We don’t know if he was stabbed or his neck sliced, but, yeah, it was quite a lot of blood.

Deputies identified the family as Port Angeles residents who have seven children. The pair had been contacted twice earlier in the day — once during a disturbance in Sequim, and later when the father was arrested for reckless driving in Port Angeles before being released.

The man’s stolen car was entered into law enforcement databases as stolen.

Then, early Monday morning at approximately 4:57 a.m., the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office reported locating the vehicle on a county roadway. Deputies found the vehicle parked in the middle of the road with its lights off. A significant amount of blood was found inside the driver’s seat area, and a bloody knife was recovered from the father’s pocket.

Parents arrested, children put in protective custody

Both parents were arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and reckless endangerment – domestic violence. All seven children, ages 6 months to 9 years old, were taken into protective custody by law enforcement and referred to Child Protective Services for care and placement.

This story was originally published on October 20. It has been updated and republished.

Contributing: Katrina Guischard, KIRO Newsradio

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