- Dorian Malachi Mecham, 23, was charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his mother.
- The incident occurred after Mecham commented on his mother's aura.
- Police say Mecham fled the scene, caused a traffic accident and was arrested in Spanish Fork.
SPRINGVILLE — An Orem man who allegedly told his mother that there was "something odd about her aura" before stabbing her in the neck has been charged.
Dorian Malachi Mecham, 23, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony; causing a traffic accident, a class B misdemeanor; driving on a denied license, a class C misdemeanor; and running a red light, an infraction.
On Saturday, Mecham told his mother "that there was something odd about her aura and stabbed her in the neck with a full-tang fixed-blade knife, hitting her carotid artery and missing her esophagus by inches," according to charging documents.
Mecham's father tackled him and was able to take the knife away. Mecham then ran from the Springville home and took his parents' car. He was found in Spanish Fork after running a red light and hitting another vehicle, the charges state.
He then ran from the crash scene but was stopped by police and arrested about two blocks later, according to the charges.
Police later interviewed Mecham's mother at a local hospital, where she "disclosed that Dorian suffers from mental health issues, and had been walking around her room while she laid in bed reading a book. Dorian had been saying odd things to her while in the room. The female victim then reported feeling what she believed to be Dorian pressing his finger into her neck, only to discover shortly after that she was bleeding," a police booking affidavit states.
Mecham has had several run-ins with police, including in 2022 when he was convicted of breaking the windows of a police vehicle and arrested for allegedly trying to disarm an officer.
Court records state that Mecham had a competency review in that case, initially being found not competent to stand trial, before being referred to mental health court after competency was restored.
