Stabbing suspect did not return to halfway house on day of crime, court records show
The 30-year-old Wichita man arrested early Saturday morning in connection with a random stabbing Monday failed to return to a court-ordered halfway house on the day of the crime, court records show.
Wichita Police Department chief Gordon Ramsay announced Saturday that Wade Aaron Dunn was arrested without incident at a home in the 1000 block of South Main.
Ramsay said tips help lead to the arrest of the man accused of stabbing a 28-year-old woman multiple times just before noon on the 7400 block of East 17th Street.
Federal court records show Dunn left Mirrors, Inc. Residential Re-entry Center in Wichita on an itinerary pass around 9:30 a.m. Monday and did not return by 5:30 p.m., as required. Dunn was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison after law enforcement found a .40 caliber Glock while arresting him on a Kansas Department of Corrections warrant in 2016. As part of the sentencing, Dunn was transferred to the halfway house July 11 for the remainder of his sentence.
Mirrors did not return calls from The Eagle. Mirrors lists two addresses in Wichita: 3820 N. Toben and 236 S. Pattie. The first is roughly 3.5 miles from where the stabbing occurred.
During the 2016 arrest, law enforcement found the loaded handgun in Dunn’s right pocket and a loaded magazine in the other pocket, court records show. In all, 17 rounds were found on him.
On Tuesday, the WPD released a surveillance video that showed a man discarding a T-shirt after the stabbing. On Thursday, they released an image of the shirt and another surveillance video. The video showed a man, who was walking, run up a driveway while crouched over and then along the far side of what appeared to be an SUV.
WPD said the woman was stabbed “multiple times” after being attacked near the front of her vehicle. Ramsay wouldn’t say whether police have recovered a knife.
“Some of our veteran investigators were noticeably moved by how bad this attack was,” Ramsay said.
He also wouldn’t say what type of weapon they found on Dunn in the Saturday arrest.
Dunn was arrested on a warrant for attempted first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, and an outstanding federal warrant.
He is being held without bond.
Kansas Department of Corrections records show seven convictions for theft, burglary and criminal threat. All occurred in Sedgwick County. He has more than 25 disciplinary reports from his time in prison.
Ramsay thanked the public for calling in tips, the media for sharing and the officers who worked to make the arrest.
“We still believe there is no apparent connection between the victim and the suspect,” Ramsay said.
This story was originally published September 28, 2019 at 2:45 PM.