SANDY — One man was killed and another left in serious condition Friday night following a violent attack at a mobile home park.
Two men were stabbed inside a residence at the Hoosier Mobile Home Park near 9000 South and 135 East. One was dead at the scene when police arrived. The other was flown by medical helicopter to University Medical Center, said Sandy police Sgt. Bill O'Neal.
The names of the victims were not released Saturday pending notification of family members. The adult victims were reportedly related.
The violent attack left a trail of blood stretching from the scene of the crime, down the street and to the doorsteps of other homes where one of the victims tried to get help.
That trail ended in a pool of blood on the steps and outside wall of Mary Lee Felter's home. She said the man knocked on her door about 11 p.m. asking for help.
"He was covered in blood," she said. "He was just red."
The man was wearing only his underwear and most of his body was covered in blood except for his pale face, Felter said.
"He said, 'I don't know why he did this. I didn't do anything,' " she said.
The victim told Felter he and his roommate were both asleep when they were attacked. Drops of blood could be seen through an open dog door splattered around the floor of the victims' house.
A trail of blood was still visible Saturday afternoon extending from the front door of the victims, down the street to a trailer home where one of the men apparently tried to get help first and then to Felter's house after no one answered at the first home.
When police arrived, they questioned the victim, which led to the arrest of a man who lived in an adjacent mobile-home park, O'Neal said.
Zachary Elliot Hain, 27, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder.
Investigators were not sure of a possible motive Saturday.
Arthur Halladay, who knew both the man arrested and victims, said Hain was supposed to be taking medication for mental illness. But he said he never saw Hain exhibit any violent tendencies in the past.
"He walked around yelling at people when no one was there," Felter said of Hain.
A check of court records showed Hain's criminal history had only a minor traffic violation.
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