Parole officers worried about mental health of man accused of WVC mall stabbing

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — The suspect accused of stabbing a man because he was Muslim was doing well on his parole, records show, though the agents supervising him were concerned about his mental state.

The stabbing victim, Syed Sohail, is recuperating at home, Muslim community leaders told FOX 13 News on Friday. The suspect, Peter M. Larsen, 48, was on parole for about two-and-a-half years before what prosecutors have called the attempted murder of Sohail at Valley Fair Mall on July 13.

FOX 13 filed a public records request for the case notes from Larsen’s parole. The Utah Department of Corrections redacted information specifying Larsen’s diagnoses…

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