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Deadly Edmonds stabbing suspect a no-show in court
FOX 13 News is learning more details about a gruesome murder where police say a jealous man stalked and attacked a victim in an Edmonds grocery store parking lot last month.
EDMONDS, Wash. - FOX 13 News is learning more details about a gruesome murder where police say a jealous man stalked and attacked a victim in an Edmonds grocery store parking lot last month.
The suspect, 43-year-old Ian Bramel-Allen, was expected in court Monday, but did not show up due to mental health concerns, according to court officials.
Bramel-Allen is accused of a stabbing 37-year-old Bret Northcut to death.
The incident is the first homicide in the City of Edmonds in about a year, police told FOX 13.
Court documents say the Bramel-Allen stalked Northcut before attacking him.
According to court records, surveillance cameras caught video of the attack.
Video appears to show Bramel-Allen waiting outside the WinCo grocery store, hiding behind a video rental kiosk, according to the documents
The court documents say Bramel-Allen thought he saw the victim and followed a stranger toward their car before realizing it was not Northcut.
When Northcut did leave the grocery store, investigators say Bramel-Allen stalked the man, stabbed him multiple times, stole his car, and left him bleeding out in the parking lot.
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Hours later, Seattle police found Bramel-Allen near Volunteer Park, but he didn’t surrender.
Instead, records show he tried to run, and then he stabbed himself multiple times in the neck.
At the hospital when Bramel-Allen found out Northcut had died, he began crying and said: "I plead guilty to everything," documents say.
Bramel-Allen also said he didn’t plan to kill Northcut, he "just saw red," according to the documents.
Several names, which are redacted in court documents, accuse Bramel-Allen of being jealous and threatening.
On Saturday, Bramel-Allen was released from the hospital, and booked into jail for murder, robbery and vehicle theft charges.
Bramel-Allen is expected back in court Tuesday.