SALT LAKE CITY — A man was arrested Wednesday after police say he stabbed a co-worker at the University of Utah because he wanted to find out what it was like to kill someone.
Jose Alfredo Ramirez-Porchas, 21, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of aggravated assault resulting in serious injury.
Ramirez-Porchas stabbed a co-worker "in the right side of the neck while the victim had his back turned to him in a custodial storage room," according to a police booking affidavit.
The attack happened about 7:30 a.m., according to a statement from the University of Utah.
"Two part-time janitorial staff members were working in a building in the Ft. Douglas area. A 21-year-old suspect assaulted a 19-year-old victim with a knife he brought from home," a spokeswoman for the U. said.
Ramirez-Porchas ran from the scene but was located and arrested about 1:30 p.m. hear Alta Ski Resort.
When questioned by police, he claimed he had "decided the previous night he was going to kill the victim. He collected a knife from home and brought it with him specifically to kill the victim," the affidavit alleges. "(He) also admitted that if he had the opportunity again, he would try and kill the victim."
Ramirez-Porchas, who police say showed no remorse, allegedly admitted that the victim had not done anything to provoke the attack.
"He stated he did it because of voices and that he wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone," according to the affidavit.
The victim suffered a "superficial" wound to his neck and was sent home after being treated at the scene, according to the university.
