7/17/06 Seattle, WA Health Clinic Worker Stabbed by Client

Marilyn Ulicia Walker, 44 stabbed healthcare worker, Maritza Rios-Dowe without any apparent provocation. Rios-Dowe, who worked with new mothers and pregnant women at the clinic, said the woman was sitting next to one of her clients. She sought out a co-worker to discuss the strange woman, but when she couldn't find her, she went to her desk. Soon afterwards, Walker appeared at her desk, produced a butcher knife from a bag and said, “I will teach you something”. Walker then began to stab the worker repeatedly, including in both eyes, which led to permanent blindness. Walker left after the attack but was picked up minutes later as she walked down Fourth Avenue, still carrying a butcher knife. She told police she blacked out and didn't remember the assault. There was a history of violence in her past. In 1998, Walker attacked an assistant bank manager who asked for her identification when she tried to cash a check. In 2001, she doused a tax preparer with gasoline, intending to set him on fire because he could not complete her tax return. She was foiled because she could not find any matches.