Two men had cake, then one began giving the other a back massage and stabbed him, affidavit states
By Laura McVicker
Published: March 3, 2010, 12:00am
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Prosecutors have issued a warrant of first-degree attempted murder for a Vancouver man accused of stabbing a man early Monday morning at a Southeast 84th Court home.
The victim, Michael Osborne, 40, told investigators he was stabbed because he “sent (the suspect) to prison a couple years ago,” according to court documents.
Joshua Michael Stranz, 28, is being held in the Multnomah County Jail without bail after being apprehended Monday morning at a MAX platform in Portland.
The arrest warrant affidavit filed late Monday in Clark County Superior Court reveals that Stranz and Osborne, address unknown, had known each other for three years and had once been in an intimate relationship.
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On the day of the attack, the two had met at a house and had cake together. Afterward, as Osborne told police, Stranz began giving him a back massage, but then started choking, punching and stabbing him with a steak knife, according to the affidavit.
Stranz then fled, the affidavit said.
At about 12:30 a.m., Vancouver police officers responded to the home at 1633 S.E. 84th Court., where the two had been guests, and found a sleeping bag and T-shirt soaked in blood. Osborne had lacerations on his head, arm and chest, and was rushed to Southwest Washington Medical Center. He was released later that day.
When questioned, Osborne told investigators that he thought he was attacked because he had been instrumental in sending Stranz to prison a couple of years ago, according to the affidavit. The affidavit did not detail how Osborne was connected.
Court records show Stranz was most recently sentenced in 2006 to 43 months in prison for second-degree robbery and second-degree theft. He had pleaded guilty to robbing a female clerk at knifepoint at a fireworks stand in Vancouver on June 28, 2006.
Stranz was released from prison on Jan. 13. Osborne told police he became reacquainted with Stranz after running into him at a Safeway a few weeks ago.
Clark County Senior Deputy Prosecutor John Fairgrieve said Tuesday it was too soon to tell when Stranz would be transported to Clark County, depending on whether he waives or fights extradition.
He is being held for allegedly failing to report to community corrections and on suspicion of attempted murder.
