A 76-year-old man in Rancho Mirage was stabbed to death, and his stepson was arrested Friday, Oct. 2, on suspicion of murder, sheriff's investigators said.
Deputies were called around 8:33 p.m Thursday, Oct. 1, to the 36-000 block of Palm View Road for a reported "assault with a deadly weapon," where they found 76-year-old Carl Harry Smith "suffering from injuries consistent with stab wounds," Riverside County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Carlos Mendoza said in a press release.
Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. Public records show he had lived in a home on the block where the stabbing took place.
Smith's stepson, Joshua Jordan Kohain-King, 36, of Joshua Tree, was arrested without incident and booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio,
The sheriff's department said . He was being held at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
Kohain-King was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, according to jail records.
Jennifer Cortez covers education and breaking news in the Coachella Valley. Reach her at jennifer.cortez@desertsun.com.
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