On October 7th, just after 8:30 p.m., Evansville Police Officers were dispatched to an assault in progress in the 1200 block of Park St. When offices arrived, they located an adult male victim inside of a residence with a stab wound to the chest. The victim was in very serious condition and officers attempted life-saving measures until an ambulance arrived on scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he unfortunately passed asway.
Officers and detectives spoke with witnesses on scene and developed suspect information. Officers located the suspect, 26-year-old Zachary Lee Page, walking near N. Fulton and W. Florida St. Page was detained and transported to EPD Headquarters to speak with detectives.
One of our EPD K9 Officers and his K9 partner conducted an article search in the area of where Page was stopped. The knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was located in the area.
Page admitted to stabbing the victim and claimed it was to defend himself. Witness statements and evidence did not back up Page’s statement about self-defense and the decision was made to charge Page with Murder.
Page was transported to the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center and booked in for the charge of Murder.
