A Santa Rosa man has been arrested on suspicion of carjacking a 29-year-old woman and her preschool-age daughter from a Safeway parking lot, taking them to a secluded area, and stabbing and sexually assaulting the mother, police said Monday.Aristotle Quadra, 30, faces charges of carjacking, kidnapping, sexual assault and attempted murder. He is being held at a Santa Rosa hospital while being treated for self-inflicted stab wounds, police said.
Police burst through the door of the apartment Quadra shares with his wife at 2 a.m. Sunday to serve a search warrant and found him lying on the floor, authorities said. He had stabbed himself several times with a homemade, 3- to 4-foot spear, investigators said.
Investigators have not yet interviewed Quadra, police Sgt. Lois Banayat said.
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