Man accused of stabbing father 13 times, hoping he would die

  • A Millcreek man, 19, charged with attempted murder for stabbing his father.
  • Dereon Hinmon allegedly stabbed his father 13 times for revenge on Dec. 7.
  • Prosecutors seek to hold Hinmon without bail pending trial in Salt Lake County.

MILLCREEK — A 19-year-old man accused of stabbing his father 13 times, allegedly for revenge, has been charged.

Dereon James Hinmon, 19, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony.

Unified police responded to a stabbing on Dec. 7 at a residence near 1350 East and 3700 South, where they found a 42-year-old man “covered in blood with stab wounds to the front and back of his body,” according to charging documents…

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