A Kentucky fast food worker was stabbed multiple times by a co-worker on May 29 while working at a Dairy Queen restaurant in the Stanford area.
The female juvenile victim suffered serious injuries from multiple stab wounds to her throat and stomach area, the arrest citation said. She was transported by Lincoln EMS, “where she was stabilized before being flown to another medical facility,” according to a Stanford Police Department Facebook post.
The alleged attacker was identified by police as 20-year-old Rachel Sanchez of Stanford. Sanchez was still on scene when Stanford police arrived around 4:34 p.m. and was immediately taken into custody.
Sanchez arrived at work at 2 p.m. on the day of the attack and the juvenile victim later arrived at 4:30 p.m. Sanchez stated in the arrest warrant that the assaulted employee gave her “strange looks, and she didn’t like it. ”
Sanchez then went back to her home, retrieved the knife and returned to the Dairy Queen where she stabbed her co-worker.
“Sanchez stated that this had been going on for some time and that when she went home to get the knife, her intention was to return to the restaurant and kill the other employee to stop the evil,” she said. the arrest warrant.
According to the arrest warrant, Sanchez took medication to treat her schizophrenia, anxiety and PTSD.
The Dairy Queen manager intervened and suffered a cut on her wrist that did not require immediate medical attention.
Sanchez has been charged with attempted murder of one victim and first-degree assault of the second victim, according to Stanford police.
