A man previously accused of repeatedly stabbing a woman and locking her inside a motel room is now being sought by law enforcement after four people were found stabbed to death and a child was critically wounded.
Tim Soignet said detectives identified 47-year-old Houma resident Kaegan Jude Solet as a person of interest in the apparent series of stabbing incidents in the Ashland Drive area of Houma.
Deputies were initially called to the 200 block of Ashland Drive, where they discovered the wounded child, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriffs Office.
The child was flown to an out-of-area hospital and remained in critical but stable condition after suffering “extremely significant” injuries, Terrebonne Parish Sheriffs Office Lt. Blake Tabor told Fox News Digital.
“Thats not something that you want to see ever,” Tabor said.
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As deputies searched the surrounding area, they made a grim discovery inside nearby homes.
At least four victims were found dead, according to the sheriffs office. Authorities have not released their identities or disclosed what relationship, if any, they had to one another, the injured child or Solet.
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Investigators also have not said what may have sparked the violence or whether the victims were attacked inside more than one home.
Solet has not been arrested or charged in connection with the latest deaths. The sheriffs office stressed that identifying him as a person of interest does not mean he has been accused of a crime.
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Authorities believe Solet is likely still in the area but said they are not ruling out other possibilities.
“Were using every investigative tool that we have,” Tabor said. “Our hope is that we plan to get him in custody very quickly.”
Tabor said investigators do not currently have information indicating Solet intends to leave the state or “go on the run,” but added that authorities are “exploring all options.”
Solet had not been located as of the latest update.
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The latest investigation is not the first time Solets name has surfaced in connection with violent crime allegations.
Solet was arrested in December 2019 after allegedly stabbing a woman repeatedly and leaving her locked inside a Houma motel room, according to a police news release from the time.Â
Houma police responded to the Red Carpet Inn shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve 2019 and found a 59-year-old woman lying on the floor of her room with numerous stab wounds.
The woman was taken by ambulance to a medical facility with injuries considered life-threatening, police said.
Witnesses told investigators they heard someone yelling for help from inside t
