Ahn Taylor.
Police in California have filed attempted murder, battery, and elder abuse charges against a 35-year-old man accused of stabbing a 94-year-old Asian woman in an unprovoked attack that unfolded in broad daylight.
PEOPLE confirms Daniel Cauich was arrested in San Francisco Wednesday just before noon — less than two hours after he allegedly stabbed Ahn Taylor multiple times along Post Street in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood.
A GoFundMe campaignhas been launched to help cover Peng’s ongoing medical expenses.
According to the fundraiser, she “was stabbed in the stomach and the wrist, and the knife penetrated her wrist all the way through.”
Daniel Cauich.
Cauich has yet to enter pleas to the charges he faces, which also include committing a felony while on bail or own recognizance release and violating the terms of his probation.
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The San Francisco Chronicleobtained court recordsshowing Cauich has been arrested five times within the last year for burglary. A judge released him from jail on June 7, to await his trial following his most recent burglary arrest on May 18.
According to the paper, Cauich was arrested in 2016 after a stabbing in Mission District.
Cauich remains in custody, but hasn’t entered pleas to the newly-filed charges he faces.
His attorney could not be reached for comment Friday.
The vicious stabbing comesamid a nationwide spike in assaults on Asian Americans.
If you’ve been attacked or have witnessed an attack, please contact your local authorities. You can also report your incidenthere. To learn more and to report crimes, go to:Asian Americans Advancing Justice,Stop the AAPI Hate,National Council of Asian Pacific Americans,Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA, andAsian Pacific Policy & Planning Council.
source: people.com
