Grandmother: Stabbing Suspect Needs Mental Help
SAGINAW, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - The 89-year-old grandmother of a Michigan man charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of three other passengers and a conductor aboard an Amtrak train says he needs psychological help.
Ethel Williams told WWJ during a phone interview that her grandson Michael Williams was in the military for about 10 years and he was always scared when he got out. She says he should have gone to the VA (Veterans Administration) when he got out.
She says the 44-year-old Saginaw man once told her "it seemed like everywhere he goes people was following him," according to the Associated Press.
The stabbings occurred Friday night as the Chicago-to-Port Huron train was stopped in Niles in southwestern Michigan, about 10 miles north of South Bend, Indiana. Niles police said Sunday that the victims remain in stable condition.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Colonel Jeff Pool was not able Sunday to verify if Williams served in the military.
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