Elijah Hemingway Charged in Fatal Stabbing of 46-Year-Old Pittsburgh Doctor, Wounding Wife
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 25
Elijah Hemingway Charged in Fatal Stabbing of 46-Year-Old Pittsburgh Doctor, Wounding Wife
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 25
Summary
Dr. Idris Evans, 46, was killed and his wife was left in critical but stable condition after a predawn stabbing at their Edgewood home, with police charging 32-year-old Elijah Hemingway.
Investigators said Hemingway entered the house around 12:31 a.m. and attacked the couple as they slept; Evans' wife told police the assailant used a kitchen knife and spoke about "being God."
Two children, ages 8 and 12, escaped after their mother yelled for them to run to a neighbor's home, and a police K-9 later found Hemingway nearby with cuts to his hand.
Hemingway remained hospitalized pending transfer to jail and faces charges including criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and criminal trespass as detectives still work to establish a motive and whether he knew Evans.
UPMC Children's Hospital said Evans — a pediatric critical care physician, transport team medical director and Pitt assistant professor — was a dedicated caregiver whose death has shaken the hospital and university community.