Overview
- Prosecutors say 19-year-old Tyler Leibelt confessed in a 911 call and to officers after he fatally stabbed 73-year-old Rachell Summers outside Capitola Mall.
- Court filings and police reports say Leibelt bought two switchblade knives minutes earlier at a nearby Big 5, ran up behind Summers and stabbed her more than 11 times with defensive wounds noted.
- Officials describe the attack as a random act with no known prior relationship between the suspect and the victim and say several eyewitnesses saw the assault.
- The filings disclose a November emergency gun-violence restraining order in which deputies recorded Leibelt expressing a desire to cause a mass-casualty event and writing a goodbye note.
- Leibelt is charged with murder plus enhancements for lying in wait and use of a deadly weapon, he is being held without bail, and his arraignment was continued to July 29.