BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE (8/29/2015) A 20-year-old Seaford man was charged with trying to murder his girlfriend after her throat was slashed during a domestic argument, Delaware State Police said this morning.
The incident happened about 8:45 p.m. Friday in the 12000 block of Nat Turner St. east of Bridgeville.
Darnell A. Aiken and the 20-year-old woman were arguing inside her home when he went to the kitchen, got a knife and then swung it at her in the living room, causing a large cut in her neck, police said.
Aiken and another female in the home took the victim to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford in his vehicle.
Police said Aiken threatened harm to them if they said what really happened, and they initially reported at the hospital that she was slashed by an unknown person on her front steps.
Aiken was taken into custody at the hospital with some resistance, police said, and charged later with first-degree attempted murder, possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony, resisting arrest, terroristic threatening and criminal mischief.
Police said the victim’s condition this morning is unknown.
If you or someone you know is a victim or witness of crime or have lost a loved one to a sudden death and are in need of assistance, the Delaware State Police Victim Services Unit/Delaware Victim Center is available to offer support and resources 24 hours a day through a toll free hotline 800-VICTIM-1. (800 842-8461). You may also email the unit director at debra.reed@state.de.us.