An Aleknagik man accused of trying to kill his wife was indicted Thursday on charges of attempted murder and first-degree assault.
The charges stem from an incident on the evening of Feb. 23. A call about a stabbing brought local Village Public Safety Officer 1st Sgt. Jason Creasey to the home of Robin Chythlook and his wife, according to Alaska State Trooper Ethan Norwood in an affidavit. “A lot of blood” could be seen on the snow outside the home.
Creasey explained that when he arrived he could see Chythlook walking around inside the home with a scoped hunting rifle, Norwood said.
“When he was holding the rifle he I heard him say, ‘you have four seconds to leave,’” Creasey told Norwood. “I thought he was going to kill me.”
Norwood arrived after Creasey called him to assist at 5:25 p.m., court documents show. The two officers “established a perimeter” and were able to take Chythlook into custody after a brief struggle.
After taking Chythlook into custody, Norwood interviewed his wife at the Kanakanak Hospital. She said the two began arguing after drinking and he “started hitting her, punched her twice in the face with his hands, and she tried to run away,” according to Norwood.
When she tried to run away, he grabbed her and threw her to the ground, pinning her legs. He then began stabbing her with a large knife. She managed to knock it out of his hands but then he grabbed a smaller knife and kept stabbing her, court records show.
“[She] stated she didn’t remember how she got away, but just remembered running to the neighbor’s residence,” Norwood wrote in his affidavit.
Chythlook was initially charged with first-, third- and fourth-degree assault and first-degree attempted murder. He was also charged with interfering with the report of a domestic violence incident after both phones in the home were found taken apart or disconnected. All but the attempted murder and first-degree assaults charges were dropped in the indictment on Thursday.
He is being held in the Dillingham Jail, according to troopers.
