PHOENIX — A suspect is in custody in the stabbing deaths of two parents Saturday morning in a small town south of Sedona, authorities said.
Officers with the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene around 5:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a stabbing at a home off Coffee Pot Rock Drive in the Village of Oak Creek.
According to YCSO, officers found the suspect, 33-year-old Lauren Levinson, on the street near the home and arrested her without incident.
When a YCSO sergeant entered the home, he found both of the suspect's parents suffering from stab wounds: the mother had “multiple stab wounds to her back” and the father had been “stabbed multiple times in the arm,” YCSO said.
One of the parents contacted the suspect's brother, who arrived on the scene and helped the police inspector administer life-saving treatment. The mother's wounds needed to be treated to keep her lungs functioning, and the father's arm required a tourniquet.
The mother and father were taken to Flagstaff Medical Center and Verde Valley Medical Center, respectively, for further treatment.
YCSO detectives continue to investigate the incident.
