Texas Man Arrested For Stabbing 4 Family Members Including 9-Year-Old Girl

After a brief manhunt, a Texas man has been arrested for stabbing four family members, including a 9-year-old girl.

Nathan Carlin, a 36-year-old man from Montgomery County, was taken into custody Wednesday, the Sheriff’s office said. The police were on lookout for Carlin till Tuesday evening, and had warned the public he should be considered armed and dangerous.

The police responded to the incident on Jan. 19 at a house in Porter around 11.55 a.m. (12.55 a.m. ET). When the deputies arrived at the scene, they found the four victims with stab wounds. The victims were identified as three women aged 61, 38 and 23 along with a 9-year-old girl, according to a news release.

The victims, who were found with lacerations and wounds, were taken to a hospital and were reported to be in serious but stable condition.

The investigators found out the assault happened after Carlin got into an argument with the victims. He reportedly grabbed a knife and stabbed the family members multiple times, and then fled from the house barefoot.

The exact relationship between Carlin and the four victims were not revealed.

The Sheriff’s office said Carlin called 911 reporting that he was lost in the woods. The detectives along with SWAT officers searched the woods and located Carlin, reported news outlet ABC13.

The police found Carlin wet from sweat and had scratches on his legs after being barefoot in the woods. He was taken into custody without any incident.

Carlin was charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon including charges for causing injury to a child. He was transported to Montgomery County jail.

Aggravated assault is a felony that may involve an attack committed with a weapon or with the intent to commit a serious crime. The assault is also considered aggravated if the crime is committed in the course of a relationship that the legal system regards as worthy of special protection. It allows sentencing of approximately one to twenty years in prison, depending on the specific provisions of each state’s sentencing statute or sentencing guidelines.