Police: Woman let a homeless man inside her home so he could shower. Then, he slit her throat.



A homeless man in Salt Lake City, Utah, slit a woman's throat last week after she let him inside her residence to shower, police said over the weekend.

The random attack happened Sunday, Feb. 6, inside the Good Samaritan residence at 850 South West Temple Street, according to KUTV-TV.

Police responded to the home at approximately 5 p.m. after the woman's neighbors reportedly found her bleeding profusely from the neck.

The woman, whose name and age have not been publicly released, was transported to the hospital in critical condition and immediately underwent emergency surgery. Her status has since been updated to critical but stable.

As of Monday afternoon, no updates on her status were given.

In a news release, Salt Lake City police said that "during the investigation, the victim told SLCPD she let the suspect inside her residence so he could shower."

"The woman described the suspect as being homeless," the release added.

No surveillance video was available of the attack or surrounding events. But using crime lab and CompStat data, detectives assigned to the case reportedly identified the attacker as 30-year-old Eric Jones.

On Friday, Feb. 11., at around 1 a.m. police located Jones near 130 South 500 East and arrested him. Jones has been booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on one count of aggravated assault.

Last week, as investigators were still working to gather evidence, Salt Lake City police detective Michelle Mechling told KSTU-TV it was unclear whether the victim knew the suspect.

"It goes along with — know who you’re letting into your house and don’t let people you aren't sure of into your house. But this relationship between the two is unclear, again," she added.

Police said in their Feb. 12 news release that "no additional information on this case is being released at this time. SLCPD detectives are continuing their investigation."

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VIDEO: Good Samaritan tries to give his coat to homeless NYC man who mugs him and punches him in the face



A good Samaritan trying to give his coat to a homeless man received thanks in the form of an assault and mugging, and it was all caught on video.

The video obtained by the New York Post shows the 59-year-old man slowly approach a homeless person and try to place his coat on top of him as he appears to sleep on the sidewalk.

Rather than being thankful, the homeless man awakens and immediately shoves the man to the ground.

After the victim falls down, the homeless man grabs his wallet from his pocket and tries to walk away.

The victim tries to grab his wallet back but the homeless man punches him and throws him to the ground again.

Sources told the Post that the man ran away but was apprehended by police very soon after, who reportedly found $1,500 stuffed into the man's pants.

The Post reported that sources said the homeless man was Xavier Israel, 25, and that he was charged with assault, robbery, and grand larceny.

Israel was also allegedly involved in other attacks, according to the sources.

The homeless crisis has worsened in recent years in many large cities, but New York City has been hit especially hard. On Thursday, New York Gov. Hochul said that as many as 4,000 New Yorkers sleep on the streets and in the subways on a nightly basis.

“This truly is a humanitarian crisis,” she added. “Our ultimate goal is to make sure that every New Yorker has a roof over their head and that they are safe.”

Hochul said that their new plan to tackle homelessness involves deploying "hundreds" or more police officers in to the system, as well as employing social workers and medical professionals to usher homeless people into shelters.

Here's the video of the alarming assault: