Fort Bragg man, 32, arrested this morning for stabbing mom, 60 and second man, 47— suspect claims it was in self-defense
(Most of the information from the following comes from a press release issued by the Fort Bragg Police Department, issued by Capt. Thomas O’Neal)
A son is accused of stabbing his mother and another man multiple times at 163 Morrow Street in Fort Bragg. Police arrested Danynes Cox-Pabo, 32. a few hours later after county deputies located him on Oak Street. The initial story told by stabbing victims was that they had been involved in an ATV crash.
Danynes Pabo had a normal life full of promise and was a popular Fort Bragg High student. Then, according to stories from two people I have heard, he went to a party where someone spiked his drink with an illegal drug. One said LSD. The other said Ecstasy. After that, he never recovered, the stories say. For nearly a decade, he has had a troubled life. In 2015 he faced misdemeanor assault charges and vandalism charges in Mendocino County court. In 2016, he was charged with a felony, assault with a deadly weapon, case that ended in a no contest plea.
The mother who was stabbed is 60. The other victim is 47.
It all came to light when a man approached Fort Bragg Police at Safeway July 17 at 11:04 pm. The man told police he had just transported two stabbing victims to the Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital.
“The citizen reported that one of the victims was his neighbor and she had been stabbed by her son,” the press release said.
Police talked to a man and woman who “ initially denied being stabbed and instead claimed they had been involved in an ATV accident. After identifying inconsistencies in the victims’ statements, the male victim changed their statement and indicated that both victims had been stabbed multiple times by the female victim’s son, Danynes Cox-Pabo, 32 of Fort Bragg. The male victim stated that Cox-Pabo had attacked his mother following a dispute, and when the male victim attempted to intervene, he was stabbed multiple times by Cox-Pabo.”
Officers were able to determine that the stabbing had occurred at 163 Morrow Street.
Officers issued a ‘Be on the Lookout’ BOLO for Cox-Pabo and drafted search warrants for the address where the stabbings were suspected to have occurred. At 1:44 a.m., the
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office located Cox-Pabo in the 100 Block of W. Oak Street. Cox-
Pabo was detained and found to be in possession of a folding pocketknife. (photo shows the weapon)
All the following is according to a press release. Cox-Pabo was interviewed by a Fort Bragg Police Department officer and he admitted to
stabbing both victims during a family dispute. Cox-Pabo claimed he stabbed the victims in self-
defense after they attacked him. After a review of the evidence, Cox-Pabo was arrested and
booked in the Mendocino County Jail for 664/187 PC – Attempt Homicide, 245(a)(4) PC –
Assault with a Deadly Weapon, 203 PC – Mayhem, and 211 PC – Robbery.
His 60-year-iold mom was transferred from Adventist Mendocino Coast Hospital to a trauma center.
Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to contact Officer Tyler Baker of the
Fort Bragg Police Department at (707) 961-2800 ext. 226.
This information is being released by Captain Thomas O’Neal. All media inquiries should
contact him at toneal@fortbraggca.gov.
(Editor’s Note-Remember everyone is innocent until proven guilty!! Please don’t prejudge people) I work at the hospital and would not have reported on this had it happened while I was at work, as i feel this would be inappropriate. However, I only heard about this when the press release arrived in my email and did not make any inquiries other than the police before publishing. Afterwards, I got input from a number of people who told me the sad story here. I have made the decision not to post a photo I have of the defendant, as I believe it does not help the case and such photos do far more damage in most cases than good.)
(Second editor’s note to the media outlet here that prints press releases and puts the name of a reporter or editor on them. This is plagiarism, even if you do, what you are doing now, and simply rearranging the words in the press release. Putting a byline on the story makes people think you have checked the facts and done actual reporting. You have NOT.) Simply stopping the awful practice of pasting a reporter’s name on these press releases doesn’t make your fakery any less). Don’t cover crime if this is how you do it!! Don’t write about it if you never follow up, which is true. Just let folks go to the agencies that issue these press releases. I will escalate this unless journalism ethics are followed and all press releases are given attribution as all the rest of us do.
