Tucson man arrested on suspicion of repeatedly stabbing his partner

A Tucson man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his partner repeatedly in the upper body and neck on Monday.

According to the preliminary complaint, suspect Caid Stough and the victim had already separated when the incident occurred in the area of ​​North Stone Avenue and East Mohave Road.

Stough told officers he learned the victim had cheated on him, the complaint said. During a verbal argument with the victim, he was shoved, he told officers.

Stough told officers in the complaint that he picked up a “large wooden-handled knife with Damascus steel” during the altercation. He said the victim tried to grab the knife, but he grabbed it and pulled it away from her. He then began stabbing her with it.

He said he stabbed the victim “everywhere,” the complaint states. He then told officers he could not live with what he had done and so he cut himself in the neck.

Stough left the scene with his son, the complaint states. Stough's father told officers he received a call from Stough and that Stough told him he had killed the victim.

The victim was found outside the scene of the accident and taken to Banner University Medical Center with 7-8 stab wounds to her upper body and neck. She underwent emergency surgery.

The investigation is ongoing.