Murder charge laid more than 11 months after Coquitlam stabbing
Warning: This story contains graphic details.
A Surrey man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to a stabbing that took place nearly a year ago.
Jeffrey Stevens, 21, was arrested Friday by Surrey RCMP. On Saturday, he was charged with the murder of 66-year-old Terry Miller.
Miller was found suffering from stab wounds on Feb. 10, 2022, in the area of 228 Schoolhouse St. in Coquitlam, according to the Lower Mainland's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
He died from his injuries 12 days later.
IHIT said in a news release Saturday that Stevens has also been charged with aggravated assault in relation to a second victim, who survived the incident.
“Yesterday’s arrest followed a year of dedicated work by investigators,” said IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Timothy Pierotti, in the release.
“I’m proud of the hard work of the investigators who were committed to seeing this through.”
The strip mall where the stabbing took place is home to a bowling alley, restaurants and a hair salon. It was fairly busy when the violence unfolded, and witnesses who were there at the time described the victim bleeding from his neck.
"He was bleeding out fast and he was passing out. He was standing up at first, but then he just slowly started passing out," said a witness who gave his name only as Sam.
He said the victims of the double-stabbing were father and son. The son, who appeared to be in his early teens, had suffered stab wounds to his hand.
"I could see his bones poking out," Sam told CTV News at the time.
Homicide investigators did not confirm the relationship between the two victims of the incident, saying only that they were "known to each other."
In a statement made after Miller's death, IHIT described the killing as targeted, though they did not speculate on a motive for the crime.
On Saturday, investigators said they would not be sharing any additional information as the case is now before the courts.
With files from CTV News Vancouver's Regan Hasegawa
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